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.

Fayola

#27,878 most common girls' name of all time · #45,134 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1923–2021

Rank among girls
#27,878
Rank overall
#45,134 of 105,966
First appeared
1923
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
75
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1927 #3,047
Best rank
#3,047 1927
Girls Boys peak 11/yr
19401960198020002020

Fayola first appears in 1923. 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
2021 5 — 5 #15,504
2000 5 — 5 #15,265
1989 6 — 6 #11,081
1979 6 — 6 #9,227
1978 5 — 5 #10,041
1943 5 — 5 #5,134
1942 5 — 5 #5,104
1940 5 — 5 #4,835
1938 6 — 6 #4,218
1932 5 — 5 #4,958
1927 11 — 11 #3,047
1926 5 — 5 #5,494
1923 6 — 6 #4,929