Pecola
#8,253 most common girls' name of all time · #13,787 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1900–1987
Rank among girls
#8,253
Rank overall
#13,787 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
788
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #1,571
Best rank
#1,213 1912
Girls
Boys
peak 28/yr
Pecola first appears in 1900. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,463 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,224 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,659 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,695 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,558 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,486 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,661 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,128 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,985 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,957 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,992 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,551 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,831 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,052 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,022 |
| 1952 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,884 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,551 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,496 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,323 |
| 1948 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,746 |
| 1947 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,536 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,507 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,720 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,478 |
| 1943 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,574 |
| 1942 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,732 |
| 1940 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1939 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,916 |
| 1938 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,063 |
| 1937 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,052 |
| 1936 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,576 |
| 1935 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,816 |
| 1934 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1933 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,877 |
| 1932 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,004 |
| 1931 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,659 |
| 1930 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,608 |
| 1929 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,235 |
| 1928 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,064 |
| 1927 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1926 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,758 |
| 1925 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,439 |
| 1924 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,749 |
| 1923 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,989 |
| 1922 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,873 |
| 1921 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,573 |
| 1920 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,571 |
| 1919 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,216 |
| 1918 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,933 |
| 1917 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1916 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,565 |
| 1915 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,942 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | 9 | #2,542 |
| 1913 | 9 | — | 9 | #2,264 |
| 1912 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,213 |
| 1911 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,291 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,897 |
| 1909 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,587 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,830 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,278 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,650 |
| 1900 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,317 |