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.

Philamena

#26,150 most common girls' name of all time · #42,375 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1908–1928

Rank among girls
#26,150
Rank overall
#42,375 of 105,966
First appeared
1908
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
89
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1928 #3,066
Best rank
#2,422 1908
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
1920

Philamena first appears in 1908. 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
1928 10 — 10 #3,066
1926 6 — 6 #4,492
1925 6 — 6 #4,590
1924 5 — 5 #5,279
1923 9 — 9 #3,493
1921 8 — 8 #3,822
1920 6 — 6 #4,609
1919 5 — 5 #5,011
1918 9 — 9 #3,383
1917 7 — 7 #3,874
1915 7 — 7 #3,614
1914 6 — 6 #3,408
1908 5 — 5 #2,422