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.

Gatha

#10,020 most common girls' name of all time · #16,682 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1901–1962

Rank among girls
#10,020
Rank overall
#16,682 of 105,966
First appeared
1901
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
584
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1923 #1,927
Best rank
#1,221 1901
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
192019401960

Gatha first appears in 1901. 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
1962 5 — 5 #6,735
1961 5 — 5 #6,700
1960 6 — 6 #5,813
1958 5 — 5 #6,249
1957 6 — 6 #5,502
1956 8 — 8 #4,549
1955 16 — 16 #2,895
1954 10 — 10 #3,786
1953 5 — 5 #5,812
1952 13 — 13 #3,093
1951 9 — 9 #3,794
1950 12 — 12 #3,127
1949 12 — 12 #3,062
1948 7 — 7 #4,305
1947 12 — 12 #3,139
1946 11 — 11 #3,101
1945 9 — 9 #3,218
1944 14 — 14 #2,443
1943 14 — 14 #2,505
1942 13 — 13 #2,589
1941 12 — 12 #2,598
1940 12 — 12 #2,492
1939 13 — 13 #2,352
1938 11 — 11 #2,650
1937 10 — 10 #2,822
1936 7 — 7 #3,506
1935 5 — 5 #4,375
1934 7 — 7 #3,561
1933 12 — 12 #2,474
1932 7 — 7 #3,675
1931 9 — 9 #3,076
1930 16 — 16 #2,155
1929 18 — 18 #1,995
1928 7 — 7 #3,887
1927 8 — 8 #3,671
1926 13 — 13 #2,641
1925 15 — 15 #2,443
1924 16 — 16 #2,366
1923 21 — 21 #1,927
1922 12 — 12 #2,864
1921 15 — 15 #2,451
1920 8 — 8 #3,706
1919 6 — 6 #4,410
1918 12 — 12 #2,745
1917 17 — 17 #2,068
1916 14 — 14 #2,322
1915 16 — 16 #2,023
1914 7 — 7 #3,026
1913 11 — 11 #2,002
1912 7 — 7 #2,516
1911 9 — 9 #1,770
1910 8 — 8 #1,908
1909 5 — 5 #2,412
1907 6 — 6 #2,008
1906 6 — 6 #1,903
1902 5 — 5 #1,985
1901 9 — 9 #1,221