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.

Eureka

#7,795 most common girls' name of all time · #13,035 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1913–2025

Rank among girls
#7,795
Rank overall
#13,035 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
865
Since 2016
25
Peak year
1974 #1,973
Best rank
#1,973 1974
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
192019401960198020002020

Eureka first appears in 1913. 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 5 5 #15,065
2022 7 7 #12,322
2020 6 6 #13,568
2017 7 7 #12,812
1999 5 5 #14,559
1995 7 7 #10,625
1994 19 19 #5,051
1993 8 8 #9,657
1992 17 17 #5,524
1991 18 18 #5,213
1990 28 28 #3,743
1989 17 17 #5,085
1988 12 12 #6,335
1987 24 24 #3,644
1986 21 21 #3,920
1985 16 16 #4,684
1984 17 17 #4,348
1983 15 15 #4,715
1982 24 24 #3,455
1981 31 31 #2,864
1980 31 31 #2,887
1979 38 38 #2,438
1978 29 5 34 #2,816
1977 37 37 #2,390
1976 36 36 #2,309
1975 37 37 #2,243
1974 43 43 #1,973
1973 41 41 #1,997
1972 38 38 #2,071
1971 41 41 #2,049
1970 35 35 #2,248
1969 32 32 #2,270
1968 20 20 #2,905
1967 16 16 #3,253
1966 15 15 #3,311
1965 6 6 #5,998
1964 7 7 #5,594
1963 7 7 #5,464
1959 5 5 #6,452
1923 6 6 #4,628
1921 8 8 #3,870
1920 5 5 #5,276
1917 6 6 #4,340
1915 6 6 #4,060
1914 5 5 #3,965
1913 6 6 #3,142