Mystery
#16,050 most common girls' name of all time · #26,433 across all names · 0% boys / 100% girls · used 1981–2023
Rank among girls
#16,050
Rank overall
#26,433 of 105,966
First appeared
1981
Years on the list
31 of 146
All-time
257
Since 2016
39
Peak year
2003 #7,062
Best rank
#6,916 1995
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Mystery first appears in 1981. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,591 |
| 2022 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,067 |
| 2021 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,598 |
| 2020 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,943 |
| 2019 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,870 |
| 2016 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,860 |
| 2014 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,491 |
| 2012 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,583 |
| 2011 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,376 |
| 2010 | 11 | — | 11 | #10,042 |
| 2009 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,846 |
| 2008 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,351 |
| 2007 | 5 | — | 5 | #18,438 |
| 2006 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,808 |
| 2005 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,103 |
| 2004 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,964 |
| 2003 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,062 |
| 2002 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,567 |
| 2001 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,530 |
| 2000 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,539 |
| 1999 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,008 |
| 1998 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,764 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,382 |
| 1996 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,563 |
| 1995 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,916 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,294 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,199 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,370 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,657 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,147 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,076 |