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.

Birda

#11,087 most common girls' name of all time · #18,402 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1888–1957

Rank among girls
#11,087
Rank overall
#18,402 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
496
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #1,993
Best rank
#1,342 1897
Girls Boys peak 19/yr
190019201940

Birda first appears in 1888. 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
1957 8 — 8 #4,594
1954 7 — 7 #4,727
1953 11 — 11 #3,532
1952 5 — 5 #5,650
1951 11 — 11 #3,321
1950 9 — 9 #3,710
1949 5 — 5 #5,343
1947 7 — 7 #4,398
1946 9 — 9 #3,475
1945 5 — 5 #4,654
1944 13 — 13 #2,544
1943 11 — 11 #2,912
1942 12 — 12 #2,709
1941 7 — 7 #3,632
1940 12 — 12 #2,467
1939 7 — 7 #3,485
1938 9 — 9 #3,003
1937 11 — 11 #2,611
1936 5 — 5 #4,272
1935 15 — 15 #2,132
1934 6 — 6 #3,872
1933 9 — 9 #2,926
1932 6 — 6 #3,992
1931 9 — 9 #3,033
1930 7 — 7 #3,736
1929 15 — 15 #2,220
1928 12 — 12 #2,671
1927 12 — 12 #2,746
1926 7 — 7 #3,951
1925 11 — 11 #2,981
1924 16 — 16 #2,338
1923 15 — 15 #2,396
1922 15 — 15 #2,417
1921 10 — 10 #3,226
1920 17 — 17 #2,203
1919 10 — 10 #3,064
1918 19 — 19 #1,993
1917 11 — 11 #2,737
1916 10 — 10 #2,873
1915 9 — 9 #2,956
1914 12 — 12 #2,057
1913 7 — 7 #2,616
1911 5 — 5 #2,578
1910 5 — 5 #2,498
1908 5 — 5 #2,200
1907 7 — 7 #1,730
1906 5 — 5 #2,051
1903 7 — 7 #1,523
1902 7 — 7 #1,522
1901 6 — 6 #1,584
1900 7 — 7 #1,655
1897 7 — 7 #1,342
1896 6 — 6 #1,514
1888 5 — 5 #1,405