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.

China

#2,595 most common girls' name of all time · #4,432 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1885–2025

Rank among girls
#2,595
Rank overall
#4,432 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
4,618
Since 2016
138
Peak year
1992 #816
Best rank
#816 1992
Girls Boys peak 245/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

China first appears in 1885. 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 8 — 8 #10,968
2024 7 — 7 #12,202
2023 10 — 10 #9,639
2022 14 — 14 #7,641
2021 6 — 6 #13,514
2020 16 — 16 #6,932
2019 18 — 18 #6,426
2018 15 — 15 #7,422
2017 11 — 11 #9,361
2016 33 — 33 #4,352
2015 33 — 33 #4,302
2014 34 — 34 #4,278
2013 44 — 44 #3,520
2012 46 — 46 #3,472
2011 57 — 57 #2,992
2010 52 — 52 #3,163
2009 39 — 39 #3,949
2008 44 — 44 #3,653
2007 42 — 42 #3,791
2006 51 — 51 #3,229
2005 47 — 47 #3,264
2004 53 — 53 #2,969
2003 54 — 54 #2,845
2002 64 — 64 #2,473
2001 92 — 92 #1,888
2000 151 — 151 #1,280
1999 156 — 156 #1,215
1998 194 — 194 #1,024
1997 224 5 229 #899
1996 190 — 190 #991
1995 186 — 186 #1,004
1994 195 5 200 #952
1993 222 — 222 #873
1992 245 — 245 #816
1991 192 — 192 #979
1990 163 — 163 #1,081
1989 148 — 148 #1,120
1988 109 — 109 #1,321
1987 87 — 87 #1,487
1986 66 — 66 #1,755
1985 44 — 44 #2,287
1984 51 — 51 #1,992
1983 53 — 53 #1,931
1982 52 — 52 #1,995
1981 61 — 61 #1,813
1980 65 — 65 #1,724
1979 47 — 47 #2,119
1978 45 — 45 #2,096
1977 46 — 46 #2,070
1976 37 — 37 #2,262
1975 29 — 29 #2,619
1974 29 — 29 #2,567
1973 25 — 25 #2,760
1972 17 — 17 #3,569
1971 27 — 27 #2,674
1970 20 — 20 #3,216
1969 19 — 19 #3,113
1968 14 — 14 #3,634
1967 8 — 8 #5,035
1966 11 — 11 #3,990
1965 17 — 17 #3,063
1964 10 — 10 #4,387
1963 7 — 7 #5,365
1962 16 — 16 #3,174
1961 9 — 9 #4,590
1960 15 — 15 #3,230
1959 9 — 9 #4,344
1958 9 — 9 #4,226
1957 13 — 13 #3,339
1956 6 — 6 #5,393
1955 9 — 9 #4,108
1954 15 — 15 #2,914
1953 6 — 6 #5,104
1952 12 — 12 #3,237
1951 5 — 5 #5,486
1949 6 — 6 #4,748
1948 5 — 5 #5,321
1947 9 — 9 #3,749
1946 5 — 5 #5,031
1945 6 — 6 #4,093
1944 5 — 5 #4,649
1943 6 — 6 #4,255
1942 9 — 9 #3,245
1941 6 — 6 #4,023
1940 8 — 8 #3,258
1938 5 — 5 #4,409
1937 13 — 13 #2,355
1936 8 — 8 #3,160
1935 6 — 6 #3,803
1934 11 — 11 #2,608
1933 8 — 8 #3,168
1930 7 — 7 #3,729
1929 10 — 10 #2,975
1928 7 — 7 #3,804
1927 10 — 10 #3,101
1926 7 — 7 #3,930
1925 17 — 17 #2,212
1924 5 — 5 #5,140
1923 8 — 8 #3,683
1922 13 — 13 #2,651
1921 7 — 7 #4,062
1920 7 — 7 #4,026
1919 10 — 10 #3,047
1918 7 — 7 #3,924
1917 12 — 12 #2,578
1916 10 — 10 #2,862
1915 9 — 9 #2,941
1914 9 — 9 #2,482
1913 6 — 6 #2,888
1910 8 — 8 #1,832
1909 5 — 5 #2,281
1908 8 — 8 #1,589
1906 5 — 5 #2,023
1905 7 — 7 #1,600
1904 5 — 5 #1,961
1900 7 — 7 #1,626
1888 5 — 5 #1,358
1885 5 — 5 #1,158