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.

Tally*

#8,899 most common girls' name of all time · #14,868 across all names · 20% male / 80% female · used 1926–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#8,899
Rank overall
#14,868 of 105,966
First appeared
1926
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
699
Since 2016
76
Peak year
1975 #3,679
Best rank
#2,719 1958
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
19401960198020002020

Tally first appears in 1926. 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 13 13 #7,955
2024 9 9 #10,397
2023 9 9 #10,447
2022 12 12 #8,617
2021 9 9 #10,398
2020 6 6 #13,636
2019 9 9 #10,579
2018 9 9 #10,662
2014 5 5 #16,805
2013 9 9 #11,122
2011 5 5 #17,047
2010 11 11 #9,893
2009 5 5 #17,573
2008 9 9 #11,705
2007 5 5 #17,893
2006 11 11 #10,006
2005 7 7 #13,168
2004 8 8 #11,773
2003 9 9 #10,530
2002 7 7 #12,349
2001 10 10 #9,446
2000 9 9 #9,981
1999 10 10 #8,917
1998 11 11 #8,111
1997 13 13 #6,912
1995 5 5 #13,676
1994 7 7 #10,778
1993 5 5 #13,750
1991 5 5 #13,463
1990 8 8 #9,407
1988 5 5 #12,124
1986 5 5 #11,223
1984 7 7 #8,352
1983 6 6 #9,243
1982 16 16 #4,584
1981 13 13 #5,343
1980 10 10 #6,423
1979 9 9 #6,832
1978 10 10 #6,089
1977 18 7 25 #3,962
1976 15 15 #4,221
1975 18 15 33 #3,679
1974 16 14 30 #3,928
1973 15 7 22 #4,035
1972 16 16 #3,788
1971 11 11 #4,926
1970 9 6 15 #5,553
1969 9 9 #5,202
1968 8 5 13 #5,309
1967 5 5 #7,132
1966 7 6 13 #5,480
1965 5 5 10 #6,872
1964 7 7 #5,687
1963 8 8 #5,059
1962 9 9 #4,695
1961 7 7 #5,543
1959 5 6 11 #6,628
1958 19 19 #2,719
1956 8 6 14 #4,653
1955 6 6 #5,518
1952 5 5
1950 5 5 #5,755
1947 5 6 11 #5,737
1945 6 6
1943 5 5
1938 5 5
1936 5 5
1933 5 5
1929 5 5
1928 6 6
1927 6 6
1926 6 6