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.

Lady

#4,381 most common girls' name of all time · #7,459 across all names · 0% boys / 100% girls · 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
📖The word “lady” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 48/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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