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.

Niamh

#5,143 most common girls' name of all time · #8,714 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1969–2025

Rank among girls
#5,143
Rank overall
#8,714 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
1,617
Since 2016
398
Peak year
2008 #2,550
Best rank
#2,322 2001
Girls Boys peak 74/yr
198020002020

Niamh first appears in 1969. 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 43 — 43 #3,543
2024 51 — 51 #3,147
2023 33 — 33 #4,305
2022 37 — 37 #3,989
2021 35 — 35 #4,120
2020 33 — 33 #4,198
2019 44 — 44 #3,524
2018 40 — 40 #3,758
2017 37 — 37 #4,020
2016 45 — 45 #3,494
2015 35 — 35 #4,180
2014 53 — 53 #3,122
2013 44 — 44 #3,539
2012 46 — 46 #3,491
2011 60 — 60 #2,881
2010 43 — 43 #3,641
2009 56 — 56 #3,065
2008 74 — 74 #2,550
2007 58 — 58 #3,038
2006 69 — 69 #2,613
2005 57 — 57 #2,884
2004 69 — 69 #2,466
2003 67 — 67 #2,451
2002 57 — 57 #2,689
2001 69 — 69 #2,322
2000 60 — 60 #2,532
1999 47 — 47 #2,882
1998 47 — 47 #2,822
1997 44 — 44 #2,805
1996 24 — 24 #4,388
1995 37 — 37 #3,124
1994 22 — 22 #4,599
1993 15 — 15 #6,096
1992 13 — 13 #6,846
1991 9 — 9 #8,908
1990 9 — 9 #8,813
1989 14 — 14 #6,019
1984 8 — 8 #7,797
1980 8 — 8 #7,845
1969 5 — 5 #8,590