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.

Nesly*

#27,946 most common girls' name of all time · #45,134 across all names · 7% male / 93% female · used 1994–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#27,946
Rank overall
#45,134 of 105,966
First appeared
1994
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
75
Since 2016
23
Peak year
2007 #13,349
Best rank
#12,540 2013
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
20002020

Nesly first appears in 1994. 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 6 — 6 #13,862
2023 6 — 6 #14,123
2020 6 — 6 #14,155
2019 5 — 5 #16,469
2013 8 — 8 #12,540
2012 7 — 7 #14,204
2009 8 — 8 #13,079
2007 8 — 8 #13,349
2005 5 — 5 #17,766
2004 6 — 6 #15,212
2003 5 — 5 #17,147
1994 — 5 5 —