Lady
#4,381 most common girls' name of all time · #7,459 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1884–2025
Rank among girls
#4,381
Rank overall
#7,459 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
138 of 146
All-time
2,068
Since 2016
249
Peak year
2016 #3,332
Best rank
#735 1900
Girls
Boys
peak 48/yr
Lady first appears in 1884. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,928 |
| 2024 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,405 |
| 2023 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,765 |
| 2022 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,643 |
| 2021 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,705 |
| 2020 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,679 |
| 2019 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,784 |
| 2018 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,567 |
| 2017 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,344 |
| 2016 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,332 |
| 2015 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,504 |
| 2014 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,315 |
| 2013 | 21 | — | 21 | #6,033 |
| 2012 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,473 |
| 2011 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,450 |
| 2010 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,423 |
| 2009 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,352 |
| 2008 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,542 |
| 2007 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,563 |
| 2006 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,366 |
| 2005 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,257 |
| 2004 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,214 |
| 2003 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,591 |
| 2002 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,300 |
| 2001 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,380 |
| 2000 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,228 |
| 1999 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,204 |
| 1998 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,039 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,309 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,412 |
| 1995 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,072 |
| 1994 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,131 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,644 |
| 1992 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,025 |
| 1991 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,681 |
| 1990 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,340 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,807 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,729 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,825 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,185 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,702 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,484 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,354 |
| 1982 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,233 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,588 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,822 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,356 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,238 |
| 1977 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,922 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,088 |
| 1975 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,013 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,044 |
| 1973 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,175 |
| 1971 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,817 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,080 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,027 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,809 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,332 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1965 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,573 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,899 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,358 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,295 |
| 1961 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,584 |
| 1960 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,722 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,065 |
| 1958 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,768 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,962 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,197 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,789 |
| 1954 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,322 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,990 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,587 |
| 1951 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,311 |
| 1950 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,803 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,651 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,184 |
| 1947 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,797 |
| 1946 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,410 |
| 1945 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,433 |
| 1944 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,799 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,075 |
| 1942 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,855 |
| 1941 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,560 |
| 1940 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,047 |
| 1939 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,823 |
| 1938 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1937 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,512 |
| 1936 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,888 |
| 1935 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,867 |
| 1934 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,319 |
| 1933 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,301 |
| 1932 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,065 |
| 1931 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,566 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,886 |
| 1929 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,843 |
| 1928 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,695 |
| 1927 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,961 |
| 1926 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,788 |
| 1925 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,713 |
| 1924 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,622 |
| 1923 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,854 |
| 1922 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,589 |
| 1921 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,592 |
| 1920 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,481 |
| 1919 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,461 |
| 1918 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,713 |
| 1917 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,483 |
| 1916 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,543 |
| 1915 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,415 |
| 1914 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,320 |
| 1913 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,108 |
| 1912 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,157 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,593 |
| 1910 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,226 |
| 1909 | 21 | — | 21 | #900 |
| 1908 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,225 |
| 1907 | 17 | — | 17 | #937 |
| 1906 | 15 | — | 15 | #994 |
| 1905 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,039 |
| 1904 | 15 | — | 15 | #954 |
| 1903 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,110 |
| 1902 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,261 |
| 1901 | 13 | — | 13 | #944 |
| 1900 | 25 | — | 25 | #735 |
| 1899 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,016 |
| 1898 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,000 |
| 1897 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,218 |
| 1896 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1895 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,174 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,188 |
| 1893 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,226 |
| 1892 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,240 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,280 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,273 |
| 1889 | 13 | — | 13 | #754 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,104 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,010 |