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.

Star

#1,818 most common girls' name of all time · #3,116 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1919–2025

Rank among girls
#1,818
Rank overall
#3,116 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
95 of 146
All-time
8,432
Since 2016
1,127
Peak year
1997 #909
Best rank
#895 1980
Girls Boys peak 221/yr
192019401960198020002020

Star first appears in 1919. 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 92 9 101 #2,057
2024 105 105 #1,905
2023 94 5 99 #2,063
2022 95 95 #2,039
2021 126 5 131 #1,659
2020 131 131 #1,602
2019 130 10 140 #1,634
2018 103 103 #1,932
2017 117 7 124 #1,784
2016 93 5 98 #2,103
2015 93 5 98 #2,092
2014 107 107 #1,881
2013 104 104 #1,922
2012 136 136 #1,597
2011 152 152 #1,473
2010 172 172 #1,358
2009 147 147 #1,542
2008 187 187 #1,321
2007 199 199 #1,246
2006 194 194 #1,242
2005 186 186 #1,223
2004 168 168 #1,276
2003 181 6 187 #1,187
2002 174 174 #1,182
2001 186 5 191 #1,129
2000 198 6 204 #1,050
1999 186 186 #1,078
1998 209 6 215 #972
1997 221 221 #909
1996 143 6 149 #1,229
1995 73 6 79 #1,909
1994 79 79 #1,816
1993 78 78 #1,843
1992 83 83 #1,764
1991 73 73 #1,920
1990 76 76 #1,868
1989 82 82 #1,673
1988 70 70 #1,795
1987 72 72 #1,688
1986 83 6 89 #1,497
1985 62 62 #1,819
1984 93 93 #1,319
1983 112 5 117 #1,173
1982 123 9 132 #1,141
1981 133 7 140 #1,067
1980 170 5 175 #895
1979 148 6 154 #971
1978 147 7 154 #953
1977 134 6 140 #1,005
1976 96 96 #1,184
1975 76 76 #1,395
1974 69 5 74 #1,451
1973 60 5 65 #1,556
1972 67 5 72 #1,453
1971 66 66 #1,523
1970 39 39 #2,100
1969 45 45 #1,853
1968 48 48 #1,692
1967 49 49 #1,635
1966 51 51 #1,580
1965 42 42 #1,755
1964 67 67 #1,379
1963 65 65 #1,382
1962 69 69 #1,339
1961 77 77 #1,262
1960 75 75 #1,278
1959 70 70 #1,287
1958 59 5 64 #1,391
1957 83 83 #1,165
1956 72 72 #1,235
1955 51 51 #1,419
1954 51 51 #1,420
1953 42 42 #1,523
1952 42 42 #1,501
1951 41 41 #1,476
1950 41 41 #1,448
1949 44 44 #1,408
1948 52 52 #1,276
1947 66 66 #1,104
1946 25 25 #1,846
1945 17 17 #2,127
1944 18 18 #2,082
1943 16 16 #2,330
1942 14 14 #2,515
1941 14 14 #2,368
1940 7 7 #3,748
1939 10 10 #2,879
1938 7 7 #3,747
1937 10 10 #2,898
1936 12 12 #2,499
1932 5 5 #4,900
1930 5 5 #5,049
1926 7 7 #4,244
1922 13 13 #2,777
1919 5 5