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.

Rise*

#6,338 most common girls' name of all time · #10,692 across all names · 6% boys / 94% girls · used 1942–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#6,338
Rank overall
#10,692 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
1,173
Since 2016
91
Peak year
1955 #1,242
Best rank
#1,242 1955
📖The word “rise” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 67/yr
1960198020002020

Rise first appears in 1942. 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 — 15 15 —
2024 5 9 14 #15,594
2023 6 11 17 #13,695
2022 — 9 9 —
2021 6 12 18 #13,692
2020 5 8 13 #15,374
2019 — 5 5 —
2014 — 5 5 —
1985 6 — 6 #9,607
1981 6 — 6 #9,405
1980 8 — 8 #7,621
1978 6 — 6 #8,843
1977 8 — 8 #7,095
1976 8 — 8 #6,821
1974 9 — 9 #5,934
1973 7 — 7 #6,915
1971 7 — 7 #6,897
1970 7 — 7 #6,619
1969 16 — 16 #3,549
1968 9 — 9 #4,944
1967 15 — 15 #3,421
1966 20 — 20 #2,800
1965 18 — 18 #3,009
1964 26 — 26 #2,454
1963 54 — 54 #1,542
1962 33 — 33 #2,061
1961 41 — 41 #1,804
1960 39 — 39 #1,831
1959 53 — 53 #1,497
1958 52 — 52 #1,496
1957 54 — 54 #1,455
1956 63 — 63 #1,318
1955 67 — 67 #1,242
1954 52 — 52 #1,408
1953 60 — 60 #1,260
1952 59 — 59 #1,248
1951 49 — 49 #1,338
1950 40 — 40 #1,473
1949 37 — 37 #1,540
1948 41 — 41 #1,460
1947 28 — 28 #1,859
1946 19 — 19 #2,225
1945 25 — 25 #1,697
1944 13 — 13 #2,622
1943 7 — 7 #4,166
1942 15 — 15 #2,415