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.

Female

#5,938 most common girls' name of all time · #10,035 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1981–2015

Rank among girls
#5,938
Rank overall
#10,035 of 105,966
First appeared
1981
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
1,297
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1990 #1,119
Best rank
#1,119 1990
📖The word “female” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 157/yr
2000

Female first appears in 1981. 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
2015 13 — 13 #8,640
2014 72 — 72 #2,511
2013 48 — 48 #3,348
2012 37 — 37 #4,089
2011 29 — 29 #4,868
2010 29 — 29 #4,917
2006 5 — 5 #18,006
2005 8 — 8 #12,260
2004 5 — 5 #16,924
2003 9 — 9 #10,832
2002 20 — 20 #5,788
2001 15 — 15 #7,166
2000 18 — 18 #6,109
1999 23 — 23 #4,820
1998 22 — 22 #4,909
1997 23 — 23 #4,627
1996 42 — 42 #2,891
1995 106 — 106 #1,501
1994 106 — 106 #1,494
1993 90 — 90 #1,677
1992 93 — 93 #1,642
1991 149 — 149 #1,181
1990 157 — 157 #1,119
1989 43 5 48 #2,656
1988 58 — 58 #2,049
1987 32 — 32 #3,029
1986 10 — 10 #7,072
1985 6 — 6 #10,423
1984 8 — 8 #8,084
1983 5 — 5 #11,685
1982 6 — 6 #10,343
1981 5 — 5 #11,959