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.

Genea

#9,862 most common girls' name of all time · #16,414 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1956–2012

Rank among girls
#9,862
Rank overall
#16,414 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
600
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1973 #1,044
Best rank
#1,044 1973
Girls Boys peak 112/yr
196019802000

Genea first appears in 1956. 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
2012 5 5 #17,221
2008 7 7 #14,084
2005 5 5 #16,863
2004 6 6 #14,482
2003 6 6 #14,176
2001 9 9 #10,314
2000 9 9 #10,048
1998 5 5 #14,556
1997 10 10 #8,511
1996 5 5 #13,961
1995 13 13 #6,751
1994 9 9 #9,010
1993 12 12 #7,168
1992 16 16 #5,809
1991 20 20 #4,888
1990 14 14 #6,249
1989 7 7 #9,990
1988 7 7 #9,549
1987 9 9 #7,574
1986 6 6 #9,960
1985 7 7 #8,627
1984 16 16 #4,594
1983 16 16 #4,583
1982 15 15 #4,823
1981 18 18 #4,247
1980 17 17 #4,441
1979 17 17 #4,332
1978 22 22 #3,453
1977 28 28 #2,875
1976 15 15 #4,274
1975 10 10 #5,759
1974 27 27 #2,734
1973 112 112 #1,044
1972 10 10 #5,315
1970 7 7 #6,727
1969 7 7 #6,328
1968 11 11 #4,416
1967 11 11 #4,251
1966 6 6 #6,320
1965 11 11 #4,162
1964 5 5 #7,438
1963 9 9 #4,836
1961 6 6 #6,401
1960 6 6 #6,250
1959 6 6 #6,128
1956 5 5 #6,777