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.

Fontella

#9,977 most common girls' name of all time · #16,605 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1900–1990

Rank among girls
#9,977
Rank overall
#16,605 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
589
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1966 #1,014
Best rank
#1,014 1966
Girls Boys peak 104/yr
19001920194019601980

Fontella first appears in 1900. 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
1990 6 — 6 #11,491
1989 6 — 6 #10,938
1986 5 — 5 #11,031
1984 5 — 5 #10,535
1983 5 — 5 #10,402
1980 6 — 6 #9,203
1976 10 — 10 #5,654
1975 6 — 6 #8,096
1974 9 — 9 #5,829
1973 11 — 11 #4,925
1972 12 — 12 #4,562
1971 12 — 12 #4,577
1970 10 — 10 #5,114
1969 13 — 13 #4,005
1968 24 — 24 #2,559
1967 33 — 33 #2,049
1966 104 — 104 #1,014
1965 49 — 49 #1,601
1964 5 — 5 #6,899
1961 5 — 5 #6,692
1956 5 — 5 #6,119
1954 5 — 5 #5,887
1952 5 — 5 #5,707
1946 10 — 10 #3,289
1942 5 — 5 #4,792
1940 9 — 9 #3,042
1938 5 — 5 #4,497
1937 5 — 5 #4,430
1936 5 — 5 #4,340
1935 7 — 7 #3,529
1932 8 — 8 #3,377
1931 6 — 6 #3,966
1930 8 — 8 #3,456
1929 8 — 8 #3,490
1928 10 — 10 #3,030
1927 10 — 10 #3,140
1925 9 — 9 #3,464
1924 10 — 10 #3,243
1923 5 — 5 #5,122
1922 8 — 8 #3,778
1921 10 — 10 #3,257
1920 8 — 8 #3,694
1919 8 — 8 #3,562
1918 9 — 9 #3,343
1917 10 — 10 #2,991
1916 5 — 5 #4,567
1915 15 — 15 #2,109
1914 9 — 9 #2,543
1913 5 — 5 #3,375
1912 6 — 6 #2,793
1907 5 — 5 #2,279
1906 7 — 7 #1,693
1903 5 — 5 #2,011
1900 8 — 8 #1,553