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.

Emagene

#18,006 most common girls' name of all time · #29,547 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1917–2016

Rank among girls
#18,006
Rank overall
#29,547 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
23 of 146
All-time
206
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1924 #2,210
Best rank
#2,210 1924
Girls Boys peak 18/yr
19201940196019802000

Emagene first appears in 1917. 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
2016 5 5 #16,425
1940 6 6 #4,149
1938 5 5 #4,695
1937 7 7 #3,680
1936 6 6 #4,025
1935 6 6 #4,037
1934 8 8 #3,380
1933 7 7 #3,659
1932 5 5 #4,818
1930 7 7 #3,957
1929 15 15 #2,290
1928 12 12 #2,756
1927 7 7 #4,181
1926 10 10 #3,233
1925 11 11 #3,093
1924 18 18 #2,210
1923 11 11 #3,108
1922 10 10 #3,357
1921 14 14 #2,631
1920 15 15 #2,460
1919 7 7 #4,172
1918 5 5 #5,295
1917 9 9 #3,333