English**
#11,715 most common girls' name of all time · #19,448 across all names · 41% male / 59% female · used 1889–2014 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#11,715
Rank overall
#19,448 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
451
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1983 #3,574
Best rank
#3,574 1983
Girls
Boys
peak 22/yr
English first appears in 1889. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,611 |
| 2003 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,850 |
| 1999 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,479 |
| 1998 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,211 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,883 |
| 1996 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,176 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,593 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,849 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,096 |
| 1992 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #6,030 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,036 |
| 1990 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,929 |
| 1989 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,573 |
| 1988 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,313 |
| 1987 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,498 |
| 1986 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,211 |
| 1985 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,665 |
| 1984 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,240 |
| 1983 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,574 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,191 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,239 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,529 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,171 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,387 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,064 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,105 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,569 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,652 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1955 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1942 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1935 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1929 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1928 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1924 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1921 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1920 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1919 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1917 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1915 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1913 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1889 | — | 5 | 5 | — |