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.

Shaunessy*

#28,069 most common girls' name of all time · #45,344 across all names · 7% male / 93% female · used 1987–2002 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#28,069
Rank overall
#45,344 of 105,966
First appeared
1987
Years on the list
11 of 146
All-time
74
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1995 #10,222
Best rank
#10,222 1995
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
2000

Shaunessy first appears in 1987. 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
2002 6 — 6 #14,377
2001 7 — 7 #12,787
2000 6 — 6 #14,076
1999 7 — 7 #12,117
1998 5 — 5 #15,322
1995 8 5 13 #10,222
1994 6 — 6 #12,854
1993 6 — 6 #12,895
1992 8 — 8 #10,280
1991 5 — 5 #14,635
1987 5 — 5 #13,206