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.

September

#4,204 most common girls' name of all time · #7,155 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1955–2025

Rank among girls
#4,204
Rank overall
#7,155 of 105,966
First appeared
1955
Years on the list
71 of 146
All-time
2,203
Since 2016
264
Peak year
1980 #2,057
Best rank
#1,978 1963
Girls Boys peak 51/yr
1960198020002020

September first appears in 1955. 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 20 — 20 #5,966
2024 21 — 21 #5,843
2023 23 — 23 #5,427
2022 21 — 21 #5,838
2021 26 — 26 #5,003
2020 32 — 32 #4,290
2019 30 — 30 #4,579
2018 37 — 37 #3,940
2017 31 — 31 #4,505
2016 23 — 23 #5,671
2015 29 — 29 #4,762
2014 35 — 35 #4,198
2013 31 — 31 #4,577
2012 24 — 24 #5,597
2011 28 — 28 #4,959
2010 36 — 36 #4,126
2009 29 — 29 #4,972
2008 41 — 41 #3,884
2007 32 — 32 #4,594
2006 39 — 39 #3,871
2005 20 — 20 #6,042
2004 33 — 33 #4,211
2003 32 — 32 #4,142
2002 42 — 42 #3,305
2001 26 — 26 #4,601
2000 37 — 37 #3,554
1999 28 — 28 #4,131
1998 29 — 29 #3,946
1997 30 — 30 #3,760
1996 31 — 31 #3,598
1995 33 — 33 #3,381
1994 33 — 33 #3,409
1993 44 — 44 #2,745
1992 46 — 46 #2,665
1991 34 — 34 #3,245
1990 32 — 32 #3,396
1989 29 — 29 #3,514
1988 31 — 31 #3,189
1987 37 — 37 #2,686
1986 38 — 38 #2,592
1985 40 — 40 #2,460
1984 41 — 41 #2,366
1983 39 — 39 #2,423
1982 49 — 49 #2,099
1981 47 — 47 #2,182
1980 51 — 51 #2,057
1979 50 — 50 #2,036
1978 43 — 43 #2,178
1977 49 — 49 #1,994
1976 38 — 38 #2,244
1975 43 — 43 #2,047
1974 31 — 31 #2,473
1973 25 — 25 #2,795
1972 19 — 19 #3,355
1971 27 — 27 #2,721
1970 21 — 21 #3,190
1969 24 — 24 #2,756
1968 22 — 22 #2,781
1967 16 — 16 #3,322
1966 19 — 19 #2,926
1965 27 — 27 #2,338
1964 27 — 27 #2,406
1963 36 — 36 #1,978
1962 35 — 35 #1,986
1961 29 — 29 #2,248
1960 19 — 19 #2,901
1959 17 — 17 #2,977
1958 7 — 7 #5,329
1957 24 — 24 #2,346
1956 15 — 15 #3,183
1955 20 — 20 #2,551