Theory**
#16,067 most common girls' name of all time · #26,433 across all names · 36% male / 64% female · used 2006–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#16,067
Rank overall
#26,433 of 105,966
First appeared
2006
Years on the list
17 of 146
All-time
257
Since 2016
202
Peak year
2022 #6,673
Best rank
#6,080 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 33/yr
Theory first appears in 2006. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 10 | 30 | #6,080 |
| 2024 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #7,181 |
| 2023 | 20 | 8 | 28 | #6,130 |
| 2022 | 18 | 15 | 33 | #6,673 |
| 2021 | 18 | 12 | 30 | #6,647 |
| 2020 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #11,845 |
| 2019 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,175 |
| 2018 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #13,402 |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,526 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #12,618 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #14,063 |
| 2014 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,848 |
| 2013 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,813 |
| 2012 | 8 | — | 8 | #13,252 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2006 | 5 | — | 5 | #20,004 |