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.

December

#5,141 most common girls' name of all time · #8,705 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1960–2025

Rank among girls
#5,141
Rank overall
#8,705 of 105,966
First appeared
1960
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
1,619
Since 2016
324
Peak year
2012 #3,486
Best rank
#2,771 1979
Girls Boys peak 46/yr
1960198020002020

December first appears in 1960. 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 21 — 21 #5,777
2024 25 — 25 #5,192
2023 32 — 32 #4,380
2022 33 5 38 #4,320
2021 37 — 37 #3,957
2020 35 — 35 #4,035
2019 30 — 30 #4,583
2018 34 — 34 #4,177
2017 34 — 34 #4,248
2016 32 6 38 #4,454
2015 40 — 40 #3,798
2014 43 — 43 #3,607
2013 33 — 33 #4,363
2012 46 — 46 #3,486
2011 34 — 34 #4,286
2010 31 — 31 #4,640
2009 45 — 45 #3,580
2008 36 — 36 #4,300
2007 32 — 32 #4,599
2006 29 — 29 #4,851
2005 31 — 31 #4,412
2004 35 — 35 #4,026
2003 30 — 30 #4,353
2002 27 — 27 #4,543
2001 28 — 28 #4,366
2000 27 — 27 #4,439
1999 32 — 32 #3,753
1998 34 — 34 #3,531
1997 42 — 42 #2,906
1996 33 — 33 #3,465
1995 40 — 40 #2,960
1994 25 — 25 #4,173
1993 24 — 24 #4,313
1992 25 — 25 #4,143
1991 24 — 24 #4,274
1990 20 — 20 #4,777
1989 26 — 26 #3,850
1988 24 — 24 #3,854
1987 18 — 18 #4,575
1986 34 — 34 #2,815
1985 16 — 16 #4,747
1984 22 — 22 #3,676
1983 17 — 17 #4,388
1982 17 — 17 #4,440
1981 25 — 25 #3,403
1980 26 — 26 #3,273
1979 32 — 32 #2,771
1978 26 — 26 #3,067
1977 24 — 24 #3,239
1976 20 — 20 #3,493
1975 19 — 19 #3,585
1974 17 — 17 #3,812
1973 10 — 10 #5,432
1972 7 — 7 #6,947
1970 5 — 5 #8,683
1969 5 — 5 #8,144
1968 8 — 8 #5,511
1967 6 — 6 #6,577
1966 7 — 7 #5,701
1965 8 — 8 #5,228
1964 11 — 11 #4,334
1963 8 — 8 #5,258
1961 6 — 6 #6,481
1960 5 — 5 #7,187