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.

Unique*

#1,801 most common girls' name of all time · #3,088 across all names · 11% male / 89% female · used 1972–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#1,801
Rank overall
#3,088 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
8,569
Since 2016
1,310
Peak year
2009 #921
Best rank
#790 1996
Girls Boys peak 310/yr
198020002020

Unique first appears in 1972. 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 73 46 119 #2,447
2024 88 51 139 #2,160
2023 104 33 137 #1,912
2022 101 24 125 #1,957
2021 126 14 140 #1,663
2020 121 11 132 #1,693
2019 114 14 128 #1,795
2018 113 10 123 #1,806
2017 127 11 138 #1,691
2016 119 10 129 #1,751
2015 141 11 152 #1,561
2014 151 16 167 #1,483
2013 147 17 164 #1,506
2012 213 10 223 #1,157
2011 221 15 236 #1,118
2010 230 17 247 #1,087
2009 292 18 310 #921
2008 233 21 254 #1,110
2007 226 24 250 #1,139
2006 239 30 269 #1,067
2005 268 21 289 #929
2004 234 32 266 #1,013
2003 221 32 253 #1,037
2002 243 38 281 #922
2001 272 37 309 #842
2000 248 37 285 #890
1999 259 35 294 #836
1998 245 32 277 #865
1997 253 35 288 #819
1996 264 31 295 #790
1995 215 23 238 #885
1994 172 24 196 #1,059
1993 185 18 203 #1,005
1992 179 30 209 #1,040
1991 144 16 160 #1,204
1990 123 8 131 #1,323
1989 137 27 164 #1,194
1988 103 14 117 #1,382
1987 93 12 105 #1,422
1986 80 5 85 #1,538
1985 75 75 #1,602
1984 60 8 68 #1,810
1983 56 8 64 #1,883
1982 38 9 47 #2,529
1981 52 52 #2,027
1980 51 7 58 #2,068
1979 60 60 #1,813
1978 29 7 36 #2,852
1977 37 37 #2,420
1976 15 5 20 #4,346
1975 14 14 #4,573
1974 5 5 #9,775
1972 6 6 #8,288