US baby names, year by year

Published name counts, complete applicant totals and the annual share of the ten most popular names.

  • US-born SSA applicants · 1880–2025
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The share of US-born Social Security applicants with one of each year's ten most popular names falls from 33.3% to 7.4% for boys and 23.5% to 6.4% for girls between 1950 and 2025.
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US-born Social Security applicants. Chart: 1950–2025; totals include rare names omitted from name files.

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