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.

Passion

#3,893 most common girls' name of all time · #6,645 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1974–2025

Rank among girls
#3,893
Rank overall
#6,645 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
2,475
Since 2016
389
Peak year
1992 #1,751
Best rank
#1,751 1992
Girls Boys peak 85/yr
198020002020

Passion first appears in 1974. 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 30 — 30 #4,582
2024 31 — 31 #4,500
2023 33 — 33 #4,309
2022 37 — 37 #3,991
2021 44 — 44 #3,512
2020 56 — 56 #2,906
2019 38 — 38 #3,878
2018 40 — 40 #3,761
2017 36 — 36 #4,101
2016 44 — 44 #3,549
2015 37 — 37 #4,025
2014 35 — 35 #4,209
2013 45 — 45 #3,486
2012 69 — 69 #2,616
2011 44 — 44 #3,578
2010 56 — 56 #3,030
2009 65 — 65 #2,763
2008 57 — 57 #3,032
2007 61 — 61 #2,947
2006 77 — 77 #2,428
2005 84 — 84 #2,195
2004 83 — 83 #2,168
2003 47 — 47 #3,160
2002 50 — 50 #2,954
2001 70 — 70 #2,296
2000 63 — 63 #2,449
1999 66 — 66 #2,275
1998 65 — 65 #2,203
1997 79 — 79 #1,878
1996 73 — 73 #1,959
1995 61 — 61 #2,207
1994 72 — 72 #1,967
1993 63 — 63 #2,148
1992 85 — 85 #1,751
1991 72 — 72 #1,952
1990 54 — 54 #2,338
1989 53 — 53 #2,275
1988 38 — 38 #2,794
1987 31 — 31 #3,088
1986 25 — 25 #3,538
1985 25 — 25 #3,503
1984 23 — 23 #3,601
1983 27 — 27 #3,139
1982 15 — 15 #4,907
1981 27 — 27 #3,241
1980 24 — 24 #3,498
1979 18 — 18 #4,215
1978 24 — 24 #3,277
1977 25 — 25 #3,172
1976 30 — 30 #2,661
1975 34 — 34 #2,410
1974 34 — 34 #2,347