Yarrow**
#20,879 most common girls' name of all time · #34,047 across all names · 40% male / 60% female · used 1972–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#20,879
Rank overall
#34,047 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
18 of 146
All-time
152
Since 2016
82
Peak year
2021 #13,844
Best rank
#5,558 1976
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Yarrow 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #15,370 |
| 2024 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 2023 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 2022 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #12,553 |
| 2021 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #13,844 |
| 2020 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #15,590 |
| 2019 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,628 |
| 2017 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,521 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,245 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,861 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,152 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,301 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1976 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,558 |
| 1975 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #8,775 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,532 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1972 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,664 |