Baby names, backed by real data
Every name here comes with its actual record: how many children were given it, when it peaked, how else it is spelled and what it gets shortened to. Built from 3,631 names in US Social Security data, 1880–2024.
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Most given names of all time
Ranked by total recorded births since 1880.
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Biggest gain in the last decade against the decade before it.
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Peaked before 1930 and still in use today.
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