Last year only 325 baby girls were named Karen compared to 439 in 2019.

Social security name popularity by year. This top 1000 contender has enjoyed a rank in the top 1000 since 1880 when the Social Security Administration began keeping records. Tune in next year to see how her son Archie Harrison influences parents choosing names in 2019. When the name was at its peak as the third most popular name for girls in 1965 there were nearly 33000 newborn Karens.

This interactive includes every name that passed that threshold in at least 50 different. Every year around Mothers Day the Social Security Administration publishes the frequency of first names for every child born in the previous calendar year down to any name that appeared at least five times that year. Whenever names were tied for popularity in a given year or decade they were.

For the second year in a row Olivia is parents No. Popular names by decade are determined the same way we determine the popularity of a name during a single year. It reached its highest popularity RANKING of 3 for the first time in 1887 and as recently as 1892.

Below we have listed the top most popular baby names by year as calculated from the names added to our users favorite name lists. Donald peaked in popularity in the year 1934 when it was the sixth-most popular name for baby boys. Social Security Administration.

Our list shows how pop culture affects naming trends year to year. The SSA compiles the annual list based on the names that. For the boys it was Genesis Saint Baker Kairo and Watson.

The most popular name for baby girls born during the years 1920 to 2019 was Mary followed by Patricia and Jennifer according to the agency. Since the data goes back to 1880 its possible to chart any given name over time. However the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1947 with 4250 occurrences.