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.

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
19001920194019601980

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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