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.

Zeta

#5,776 most common girls' name of all time · #9,764 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1888–2025

Rank among girls
#5,776
Rank overall
#9,764 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
104 of 146
All-time
1,354
Since 2016
145
Peak year
2005 #4,201
Best rank
#977 1897
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Zeta first appears in 1888. 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 16 16 #6,859
2024 11 11 #8,981
2023 8 8 #11,214
2022 15 15 #7,295
2021 20 20 #5,972
2020 17 17 #6,646
2019 13 13 #8,162
2018 13 13 #8,172
2017 21 21 #5,839
2016 11 11 #9,438
2015 9 9 #10,906
2014 20 20 #6,230
2013 22 22 #5,849
2012 20 20 #6,352
2011 24 24 #5,553
2010 18 18 #6,925
2009 16 16 #7,701
2008 17 17 #7,438
2007 23 23 #5,902
2006 28 28 #4,962
2005 33 33 #4,201
2004 30 30 #4,497
2003 24 24 #5,102
2002 19 19 #5,911
2001 29 29 #4,217
2000 15 15 #6,830
1999 12 12 #7,752
1974 8 8 #6,319
1972 6 6 #7,381
1969 5 5 #7,566
1968 5 5 #7,115
1967 7 7 #5,533
1966 5 5 #6,648
1965 6 6 #5,889
1964 10 10 #4,395
1963 10 10 #4,303
1962 8 8 #4,912
1961 7 7 #5,362
1960 11 11 #3,966
1959 6 6 #5,643
1958 5 5 #6,193
1957 9 9 #4,260
1956 10 10 #3,949
1955 7 7 #4,805
1954 10 10 #3,757
1953 7 7 #4,646
1952 6 6 #4,994
1951 9 9 #3,759
1948 7 7 #4,268
1947 15 15 #2,673
1946 9 9 #3,477
1945 10 10 #2,967
1944 7 7 #3,750
1942 8 8 #3,502
1941 10 10 #2,892
1940 11 11 #2,624
1939 20 20 #1,747
1938 14 14 #2,263
1937 7 7 #3,490
1936 10 10 #2,728
1935 16 16 #2,041
1934 13 13 #2,327
1933 21 21 #1,695
1932 11 11 #2,689
1931 8 8 #3,287
1930 18 18 #1,968
1929 17 17 #2,047
1928 13 13 #2,528
1927 15 15 #2,369
1926 18 18 #2,112
1925 23 23 #1,815
1924 16 16 #2,341
1923 20 20 #1,972
1922 23 23 #1,804
1921 19 19 #2,069
1920 25 25 #1,684
1919 17 17 #2,098
1918 21 21 #1,841
1917 22 22 #1,683
1916 18 18 #1,909
1915 7 7 #3,508
1914 17 17 #1,636
1913 11 11 #1,958
1912 11 11 #1,784
1911 6 6 #2,263
1910 11 11 #1,480
1909 8 8 #1,695
1908 7 7 #1,765
1907 10 10 #1,344
1906 14 14 #1,032
1905 6 6 #1,804
1904 8 8 #1,430
1903 8 8 #1,392
1902 7 7 #1,526
1901 8 8 #1,311
1900 11 11 #1,216
1899 8 8 #1,250
1898 9 9 #1,236
1897 12 12 #977
1896 6 6 #1,518
1895 9 9 #1,188
1894 7 7 #1,329
1893 5 5 #1,555
1888 5 5 #1,472