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.

Mairead

#5,638 most common girls' name of all time · #9,558 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1967–2025

Rank among girls
#5,638
Rank overall
#9,558 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
1,402
Since 2016
276
Peak year
2002 #2,625
Best rank
#2,465 1997
Girls Boys peak 59/yr
198020002020

Mairead first appears in 1967. 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 33 — 33 #4,294
2024 19 — 19 #6,242
2023 37 — 37 #4,001
2022 22 — 22 #5,684
2021 29 — 29 #4,639
2020 26 — 26 #4,919
2019 25 — 25 #5,205
2018 25 — 25 #5,201
2017 35 — 35 #4,173
2016 25 — 25 #5,328
2015 24 — 24 #5,521
2014 25 — 25 #5,350
2013 31 — 31 #4,581
2012 31 — 31 #4,638
2011 28 — 28 #4,975
2010 36 — 36 #4,128
2009 50 — 50 #3,324
2008 44 — 44 #3,672
2007 49 — 49 #3,397
2006 40 — 40 #3,822
2005 34 — 34 #4,153
2004 44 — 44 #3,412
2003 51 — 51 #2,980
2002 59 — 59 #2,625
2001 43 — 43 #3,225
2000 46 — 46 #3,040
1999 43 — 43 #3,073
1998 40 — 40 #3,141
1997 53 — 53 #2,465
1996 39 — 39 #3,067
1995 43 — 43 #2,820
1994 27 — 27 #3,954
1993 22 — 22 #4,604
1992 19 — 19 #5,165
1991 30 — 30 #3,594
1990 30 — 30 #3,577
1989 18 — 18 #4,949
1988 13 — 13 #6,083
1987 14 — 14 #5,468
1986 9 — 9 #7,445
1985 9 — 9 #7,260
1984 9 — 9 #7,113
1983 7 — 7 #8,499
1982 11 — 11 #6,168
1981 7 — 7 #8,583
1980 5 — 5 #11,107
1979 9 — 9 #7,039
1978 8 — 8 #7,334
1977 6 — 6 #9,035
1973 7 — 7 #7,193
1971 7 — 7 #7,192
1967 6 — 6 #6,758