Posey**
#7,084 most common girls' name of all time · #11,905 across all names · 40% male / 60% female · used 1888–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#7,084
Rank overall
#11,905 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
995
Since 2016
426
Peak year
2022 #3,040
Best rank
#3,040 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 54/yr
Posey first appears in 1888. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,395 |
| 2024 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,282 |
| 2023 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,334 |
| 2022 | 54 | — | 54 | #3,040 |
| 2021 | 51 | — | 51 | #3,162 |
| 2020 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,229 |
| 2019 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,445 |
| 2018 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,368 |
| 2017 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,396 |
| 2016 | 37 | — | 37 | #4,002 |
| 2015 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,711 |
| 2014 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,554 |
| 2013 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,157 |
| 2012 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,165 |
| 2011 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,219 |
| 2010 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,285 |
| 2009 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,398 |
| 2008 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,500 |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1954 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,848 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1951 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1949 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1945 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1941 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1939 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1938 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1937 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1935 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1934 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1933 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1931 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1930 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1929 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1928 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1927 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1926 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1925 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1924 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1923 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #5,053 |
| 1922 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #4,535 |
| 1921 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1920 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1919 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1918 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1917 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1916 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1915 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1914 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1912 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1910 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1899 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1896 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1892 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | — |