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.

Cameo*

#4,938 most common girls' name of all time · #8,373 across all names · 13% male / 87% female · used 1957–2020 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#4,938
Rank overall
#8,373 of 105,966
First appeared
1957
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
1,719
Since 2016
35
Peak year
1992 #2,019
Best rank
#1,951 1980
Girls Boys peak 73/yr
1960198020002020

Cameo first appears in 1957. 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
2020 6 — 6 #13,728
2018 7 — 7 #12,695
2017 5 5 10 #16,264
2016 5 7 12 #16,601
2015 5 — 5 #16,822
2014 12 8 20 #9,092
2013 6 8 14 #14,866
2012 9 — 9 #11,411
2011 5 6 11 #17,182
2010 — 5 5 —
2009 7 — 7 #13,966
2008 11 — 11 #10,226
2007 10 5 15 #10,967
2006 5 — 5 #17,586
2005 10 — 10 #10,295
2004 10 5 15 #10,063
2003 17 6 23 #6,668
2002 16 — 16 #6,795
2001 19 — 19 #5,894
2000 29 — 29 #4,217
1999 36 5 41 #3,473
1998 29 — 29 #3,950
1997 32 — 32 #3,577
1996 40 — 40 #2,989
1995 44 — 44 #2,765
1994 38 10 48 #3,064
1993 63 7 70 #2,141
1992 68 5 73 #2,019
1991 34 8 42 #3,249
1990 36 5 41 #3,117
1989 54 10 64 #2,237
1988 49 11 60 #2,286
1987 47 19 66 #2,293
1986 52 10 62 #2,068
1985 53 12 65 #2,032
1984 45 10 55 #2,209
1983 42 — 42 #2,292
1982 53 9 62 #1,982
1981 52 17 69 #2,018
1980 55 14 69 #1,951
1979 50 11 61 #2,038
1978 42 — 42 #2,222
1977 27 — 27 #2,961
1976 30 — 30 #2,639
1975 26 — 26 #2,853
1974 36 — 36 #2,237
1973 28 — 28 #2,610
1972 19 — 19 #3,361
1971 9 — 9 #5,821
1970 12 — 12 #4,680
1969 8 — 8 #5,784
1968 23 — 23 #2,698
1967 12 — 12 #4,003
1966 8 — 8 #5,181
1965 9 — 9 #4,752
1963 9 — 9 #4,847
1961 20 — 20 #2,838
1960 6 — 6 #6,262
1959 5 — 5 #7,002
1957 6 — 6 #6,023