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.

Media

#11,416 most common girls' name of all time · #18,926 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1880–1980

Rank among girls
#11,416
Rank overall
#18,926 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
473
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1969 #4,202
Best rank
#661 1880
Girls Boys peak 12/yr
188019001920194019601980

Media is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1980 5 5 #10,409
1979 7 7 #8,065
1977 5 5 #9,667
1976 10 10 #5,608
1973 7 7 #6,676
1972 6 6 #7,307
1970 5 5 #8,007
1969 12 12 #4,202
1968 6 6 #6,264
1967 9 9 #4,630
1965 7 7 #5,299
1964 9 9 #4,643
1961 7 7 #5,317
1959 5 5 #6,251
1950 5 5 #5,304
1948 7 7 #4,211
1947 5 5 #5,303
1946 7 7 #3,998
1944 5 5 #4,585
1942 7 7 #3,745
1940 5 5 #4,356
1937 6 6 #3,805
1935 6 6 #3,746
1934 7 7 #3,453
1930 6 6 #4,054
1926 6 6 #4,307
1925 7 7 #4,031
1924 11 11 #2,976
1922 8 8 #3,656
1921 7 7 #4,023
1920 9 9 #3,342
1919 11 11 #2,814
1918 10 10 #3,024
1917 7 7 #3,714
1916 12 12 #2,499
1915 12 12 #2,384
1914 9 9 #2,436
1913 9 9 #2,165
1912 10 10 #1,852
1910 7 7 #1,941
1909 9 9 #1,475
1908 7 7 #1,677
1907 7 7 #1,645
1905 7 7 #1,542
1904 5 5 #1,880
1902 7 7 #1,442
1901 10 10 #1,075
1900 8 8 #1,434
1898 12 12 #1,015
1897 6 6 #1,388
1896 10 10 #1,051
1895 8 8 #1,203
1893 7 7 #1,179
1892 9 9 #1,024
1891 5 5 #1,333
1890 5 5 #1,340
1889 8 8 #957
1888 6 6 #1,143
1886 9 9 #785
1885 8 8 #799
1884 5 5 #1,027
1883 6 6 #830
1880 8 8 #661