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.

Providence

#8,704 most common girls' name of all time · #14,536 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1905–2025

Rank among girls
#8,704
Rank overall
#14,536 of 105,966
First appeared
1905
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
724
Since 2016
81
Peak year
1924 #1,605
Best rank
#1,515 1910
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
192019401960198020002020

Providence first appears in 1905. 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
2025 8 8 #11,003
2024 9 9 #10,337
2023 7 7 #12,262
2022 8 8 #11,308
2021 6 6 #13,564
2020 5 5 #15,209
2019 10 10 #9,799
2018 10 10 #9,860
2017 6 6 #14,230
2016 12 12 #8,923
2015 11 11 #9,526
2014 12 12 #9,003
2013 14 14 #8,178
2012 7 7 #13,555
2011 9 9 #11,232
2010 11 11 #9,835
2009 10 10 #10,730
2008 8 8 #12,642
2007 7 7 #14,009
2006 10 10 #10,657
2005 8 8 #11,900
2003 6 6 #13,947
2002 6 6 #13,686
2001 5 5 #15,482
2000 8 8 #10,824
1966 6 6 #5,947
1961 5 5 #6,724
1960 5 5 #6,532
1958 6 6 #5,553
1957 8 8 #4,630
1951 5 5 #5,584
1950 6 6 #4,877
1949 8 8 #3,999
1947 7 7 #4,448
1946 5 5 #5,135
1945 6 6 #4,166
1943 5 5 #4,873
1942 12 12 #2,742
1941 8 8 #3,380
1940 8 8 #3,332
1939 6 6 #3,930
1938 11 11 #2,659
1937 12 12 #2,510
1935 11 11 #2,662
1934 11 11 #2,657
1933 12 12 #2,478
1932 10 10 #2,932
1931 13 13 #2,369
1930 17 17 #2,074
1929 8 8 #3,511
1928 14 14 #2,447
1927 14 14 #2,514
1926 13 13 #2,658
1925 14 14 #2,555
1924 29 29 #1,605
1923 16 16 #2,328
1922 17 17 #2,264
1921 19 19 #2,092
1920 12 12 #2,821
1919 12 12 #2,738
1918 16 16 #2,261
1917 25 25 #1,547
1916 25 25 #1,526
1915 17 17 #1,949
1914 10 10 #2,381
1913 8 8 #2,457
1912 5 5 #3,204
1911 7 7 #2,138
1910 11 11 #1,515
1909 6 6 #2,152
1907 5 5 #2,328
1905 5 5 #2,223