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.

Dream*

#1,823 most common girls' name of all time · #3,126 across all names · 7% male / 93% female · used 1970–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#1,823
Rank overall
#3,126 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
8,327
Since 2016
7,105
Peak year
2022 #336
Best rank
#336 2022
Girls Boys peak 1,032/yr
198020002020

Dream first appears in 1970. 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 718 62 780 #432
2024 850 64 914 #367
2023 925 52 977 #337
2022 959 73 1,032 #336
2021 886 60 946 #352
2020 772 49 821 #405
2019 586 35 621 #526
2018 484 30 514 #621
2017 330 32 362 #826
2016 128 10 138 #1,675
2015 98 8 106 #2,018
2014 92 20 112 #2,103
2013 90 12 102 #2,114
2012 91 12 103 #2,109
2011 72 11 83 #2,520
2010 73 14 87 #2,526
2009 103 6 109 #2,011
2008 75 6 81 #2,523
2007 55 55 #3,142
2006 78 78 #2,404
2005 59 59 #2,810
2004 51 51 #3,052
2003 49 49 #3,067
2002 44 44 #3,215
2001 32 32 #3,978
2000 18 18 #6,054
1999 12 12 #7,909
1998 11 11 #8,256
1997 10 10 #8,580
1994 6 6 #12,295
1993 8 8 #9,919
1970 6 6 #7,870