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% male / >99% female · 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
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