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.

Philomene

#10,485 most common girls' name of all time · #17,405 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1882–1960

Rank among girls
#10,485
Rank overall
#17,405 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
544
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1915 #1,589
Best rank
#627 1885
Girls Boys peak 22/yr
1900192019401960

Philomene first appears in 1882. 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
1960 5 — 5 #6,444
1953 5 — 5 #5,731
1951 6 — 6 #4,884
1949 7 — 7 #4,266
1947 5 — 5 #5,347
1941 5 — 5 #4,467
1938 5 — 5 #4,390
1935 5 — 5 #4,262
1934 10 — 10 #2,762
1933 9 — 9 #2,906
1932 11 — 11 #2,676
1931 6 — 6 #3,889
1930 5 — 5 #4,597
1929 10 — 10 #2,965
1928 8 — 8 #3,468
1927 15 — 15 #2,357
1926 6 — 6 #4,353
1925 14 — 14 #2,513
1924 13 — 13 #2,685
1923 14 — 14 #2,487
1922 13 — 13 #2,641
1921 18 — 18 #2,139
1920 16 — 16 #2,284
1919 17 — 17 #2,088
1918 15 — 15 #2,300
1917 17 — 17 #2,024
1916 17 — 17 #1,967
1915 22 — 22 #1,589
1914 13 — 13 #1,921
1913 11 — 11 #1,927
1912 16 — 16 #1,370
1911 9 — 9 #1,689
1910 8 — 8 #1,814
1909 6 — 6 #2,005
1908 11 — 11 #1,300
1907 9 — 9 #1,432
1906 6 — 6 #1,779
1904 8 — 8 #1,398
1903 5 — 5 #1,844
1902 11 — 11 #1,098
1901 5 — 5 #1,725
1900 13 — 13 #1,079
1899 12 — 12 #961
1897 6 — 6 #1,431
1896 10 — 10 #1,091
1895 11 — 11 #1,024
1894 6 — 6 #1,393
1893 8 — 8 #1,128
1892 12 — 12 #891
1891 7 — 7 #1,146
1889 8 — 8 #997
1887 5 — 5 #1,208
1886 5 — 5 #1,187
1885 13 — 13 #627
1883 5 — 5 #998
1882 6 — 6 #899