Ly**
#12,604 most common girls' name of all time · #20,860 across all names · 30% male / 70% female · used 1973–2008 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#12,604
Rank overall
#20,860 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
29 of 146
All-time
399
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1984 #3,510
Best rank
#3,510 1984
Girls
Boys
peak 32/yr
Ly first appears in 1973. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,889 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2004 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,709 |
| 2002 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,604 |
| 2000 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,721 |
| 1999 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,118 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,447 |
| 1996 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #11,030 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,138 |
| 1994 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #7,870 |
| 1993 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #7,778 |
| 1992 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #7,311 |
| 1991 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,215 |
| 1990 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #7,639 |
| 1989 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #6,379 |
| 1988 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #6,522 |
| 1987 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #6,634 |
| 1986 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1985 | 16 | 6 | 22 | #4,806 |
| 1984 | 24 | 8 | 32 | #3,510 |
| 1983 | 15 | 13 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 1982 | 22 | 8 | 30 | #3,764 |
| 1981 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,508 |
| 1980 | 17 | 7 | 24 | #4,495 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,724 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1976 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,175 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,081 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,626 |