Nou*
#12,449 most common girls' name of all time · #20,597 across all names · 14% male / 86% female · used 1979–2000 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#12,449
Rank overall
#20,597 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
22 of 146
All-time
408
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1991 #3,709
Best rank
#3,221 1988
Girls
Boys
peak 39/yr
Nou first appears in 1979. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,248 |
| 1999 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,948 |
| 1998 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,804 |
| 1997 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,092 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,925 |
| 1995 | 20 | 10 | 30 | #4,970 |
| 1994 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,393 |
| 1993 | 34 | 5 | 39 | #3,339 |
| 1992 | 24 | 12 | 36 | #4,364 |
| 1991 | 29 | 10 | 39 | #3,709 |
| 1990 | 23 | 7 | 30 | #4,356 |
| 1989 | 19 | 7 | 26 | #4,819 |
| 1988 | 31 | — | 31 | #3,221 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,250 |
| 1986 | 18 | 5 | 23 | #4,530 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,639 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,762 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,673 |
| 1982 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,338 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,244 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,311 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,821 |