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.

Truly

#6,621 most common girls' name of all time · #11,153 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among girls
#6,621
Rank overall
#11,153 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
1,097
Since 2016
516
Peak year
2025 #2,794
Best rank
#2,794 2025
Girls Boys peak 61/yr
192019401960198020002020

Truly first appears in 1915. 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 61 61 #2,794
2024 53 53 #3,054
2023 44 44 #3,536
2022 59 59 #2,866
2021 56 56 #2,968
2020 55 55 #2,935
2019 54 54 #3,010
2018 42 42 #3,628
2017 46 46 #3,399
2016 46 46 #3,417
2015 52 52 #3,186
2014 50 50 #3,232
2013 41 41 #3,716
2012 34 34 #4,316
2011 25 25 #5,382
2010 16 16 #7,559
2009 18 18 #7,097
2008 16 16 #7,782
2007 18 18 #7,135
2006 16 16 #7,530
2005 8 8 #11,936
2004 12 12 #8,779
2003 18 18 #6,328
2002 10 10 #9,562
2001 9 9 #10,205
2000 7 7 #11,917
1999 8 8 #10,444
1998 7 7 #11,260
1996 7 7 #10,684
1995 5 5 #13,608
1991 6 6 #11,684
1989 6 6 #11,019
1988 6 6 #10,539
1986 10 10 #6,694
1985 5 5 #10,880
1983 6 6 #9,181
1982 6 6 #9,420
1981 5 5 #10,638
1977 12 12 #5,288
1976 5 5 #9,556
1974 5 5 #8,999
1973 9 9 #5,688
1972 5 5 #8,509
1970 7 7 #6,528
1969 7 7 #6,130
1965 7 7 #5,447
1962 8 8 #5,003
1961 5 5 #6,831
1954 6 6 #5,383
1951 5 5 #5,711
1943 5 5 #5,011
1939 6 6 #4,043
1938 5 5 #4,660
1937 6 6 #4,060
1936 5 5 #4,542
1935 5 5
1930 6 6 #4,362
1922 7 7 #4,311
1921 5 5 #5,491
1919 6 6 #4,636
1918 6 6 #4,646
1917 6 6 #4,448
1915 5 5 #4,943