Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alexa

#311 most common girls' name of all time · #576 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1916–2025

Rank among girls
#311
Rank overall
#576 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
97 of 146
All-time
131,835
Since 2016
17,424
Peak year
2006 #39
Best rank
#32 2015
Girls Boys peak 6,125/yr
192019401960198020002020

Alexa first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 243 243 #1,029
2024 349 349 #806
2023 492 492 #606
2022 577 577 #535
2021 708 708 #440
2020 1,285 5 1,290 #230
2019 2,002 6 2,008 #139
2018 3,068 8 3,076 #90
2017 3,896 5 3,901 #66
2016 4,775 5 4,780 #51
2015 6,053 14 6,067 #32
2014 4,249 7 4,256 #64
2013 4,106 7 4,113 #60
2012 4,297 4,297 #57
2011 4,510 8 4,518 #55
2010 5,043 7 5,050 #50
2009 5,311 7 5,318 #43
2008 5,226 13 5,239 #50
2007 5,785 9 5,794 #40
2006 6,117 8 6,125 #39
2005 4,664 10 4,674 #66
2004 4,440 28 4,468 #72
2003 4,598 6 4,604 #67
2002 4,401 6 4,407 #69
2001 3,898 11 3,909 #78
2000 3,674 8 3,682 #87
1999 3,644 8 3,652 #89
1998 3,622 3,622 #93
1997 3,090 6 3,096 #106
1996 3,260 6 3,266 #100
1995 3,359 3,359 #100
1994 3,441 18 3,459 #96
1993 3,037 11 3,048 #107
1992 2,234 6 2,240 #140
1991 2,476 11 2,487 #127
1990 2,131 8 2,139 #146
1989 1,305 5 1,310 #203
1988 918 7 925 #273
1987 821 9 830 #295
1986 498 5 503 #432
1985 200 200 #818
1984 208 6 214 #776
1983 219 219 #746
1982 215 215 #767
1981 222 222 #744
1980 179 179 #860
1979 176 176 #875
1978 175 175 #846
1977 189 189 #794
1976 202 202 #727
1975 211 211 #703
1974 213 213 #692
1973 152 152 #848
1972 92 92 #1,175
1971 68 68 #1,492
1970 86 86 #1,276
1969 75 75 #1,311
1968 79 79 #1,235
1967 46 46 #1,689
1966 32 32 #2,075
1965 28 28 #2,268
1964 30 30 #2,222
1963 34 34 #2,043
1962 47 47 #1,657
1961 36 36 #1,942
1960 34 34 #1,967
1959 26 26 #2,267
1958 39 39 #1,747
1957 53 53 #1,469
1956 33 33 #1,888
1955 41 41 #1,606
1954 33 33 #1,826
1953 39 39 #1,579
1952 52 52 #1,347
1951 55 55 #1,260
1950 38 38 #1,512
1949 45 45 #1,389
1948 48 48 #1,342
1947 46 46 #1,372
1946 24 24 #1,895
1945 20 20 #1,923
1944 16 16 #2,257
1943 6 6 #4,460
1942 8 8 #3,614
1941 6 6 #4,228
1937 7 7 #3,666
1935 5 5 #4,596
1931 5 5 #4,746
1928 7 7 #4,065
1927 6 6 #4,623
1926 6 6 #4,669
1925 10 10 #3,323
1924 5 5 #5,527
1923 5 5 #5,392
1921 6 6 #4,882
1917 5 5 #5,054
1916 5 5 #4,865