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.

Rebel**

#3,913 most common girls' name of all time · #6,680 across all names · 39% male / 61% female · used 1912–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#3,913
Rank overall
#6,680 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
71 of 146
All-time
2,456
Since 2016
1,292
Peak year
2021 #1,616
Best rank
#1,616 2021
Girls Boys peak 186/yr
192019401960198020002020

Rebel first appears in 1912. 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 50 34 84 #3,176
2024 66 37 103 #2,643
2023 61 40 101 #2,796
2022 68 37 105 #2,586
2021 130 56 186 #1,616
2020 94 58 152 #1,995
2019 85 46 131 #2,173
2018 106 57 163 #1,892
2017 72 49 121 #2,489
2016 102 44 146 #1,959
2015 85 45 130 #2,216
2014 58 48 106 #2,928
2013 47 55 102 #3,378
2012 6 17 23 #15,100
2011 8 19 27 #12,245
2010 10 22 32 #10,522
2009 5 21 26 #17,456
2008 10 20 30 #10,865
2007 5 16 21 #17,785
2006 6 10 16 #15,258
2005 5 7 12 #16,602
2004 5 6 11 #16,261
2003 11 11
2002 5 7 12 #15,576
2001 6 6
1999 8 8
1997 10 6 16 #8,400
1996 5 6 11 #13,678
1995 5 6 11 #13,566
1994 9 8 17 #8,886
1993 5 5
1992 6 8 14 #11,861
1989 6 6 #10,985
1988 8 6 14 #8,488
1987 7 13 20 #8,903
1986 9 9
1985 7 7
1984 6 6
1983 5 5
1982 11 11 #5,983
1981 13 13 #5,316
1980 11 6 17 #5,986
1979 5 5 #10,392
1978 7 8 15 #7,764
1977 5 5 #9,859
1976 6 8 14 #8,288
1975 9 7 16 #6,071
1974 8 8 #6,372
1972 11 7 18 #4,854
1971 15 15 #3,995
1970 12 9 21 #4,553
1969 18 18 #3,231
1968 20 5 25 #2,903
1967 42 42 #1,797
1966 10 10 #4,282
1965 6 6 #5,991
1964 21 5 26 #2,785
1963 11 12 23 #4,091
1962 16 11 27 #3,193
1961 12 8 20 #3,868
1960 7 7
1959 8 8 #4,742
1958 6 6 #5,589
1956 11 7 18 #3,774
1954 10 5 15 #3,818
1953 9 9 #4,055
1951 10 10 #3,579
1948 7 7 #4,362
1944 5 5 #4,805
1943 5 5 #4,934
1912 5 5 #3,415