Free**
#22,213 most common girls' name of all time · #36,194 across all names · 42% male / 58% female · used 1974–2024 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#22,213
Rank overall
#36,194 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
16 of 146
All-time
132
Since 2016
36
Peak year
1974 #7,616
Best rank
#6,456 1975
Girls
Boys
peak 19/yr
Free first appears in 1974. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,890 |
| 2021 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,428 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #12,477 |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,436 |
| 2015 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,908 |
| 2014 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,995 |
| 2012 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,392 |
| 2008 | 5 | — | 5 | #18,137 |
| 2006 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,004 |
| 2003 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,442 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1977 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1975 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #6,456 |
| 1974 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #7,616 |