All names with more than 5 uses are given.

Ssa baby name archive. The SSA only records names given to five or more babies born and assigned male or female in a given year. 1880 first year of SSA data - 22808 baby girls named Mabel. Star 0 Fork 0.

Joseph aka Joey Tribbiani had a classic name so its difficult to attribute its popularity to a TV show. Social Security Administration has released its official list of the most popular baby names of 2020. Liam remains the most popular name for boys for the fourth year in a row.

I like the way SSA ranks baby names because the names are ranked objectively with the opportunity for others to redefine the data in whatever ways they want -- like combining names by sound -- thanks to the SSA not only ranking the names but giving the total number of instances for each name. Cyanne which came into use around 1994 and was last given to 7 girls in 2017 and Cyanna which appeared in 1993 and was last given to 11 girls in 2019 can also be found alongside the spelling variant Cyann which came to life at the same time but had always been. When the name was at its peak as the third most popular name for girls in 1965 there were nearly 33000 newborn Karens.

Embed Embed this gist in your website. 6 in 2003 for the first time since the early 20th century. The official SSA data is consistent with trends from baby name websites like BabyCenter which recorded increased interest in the names Kobe and Gianna among site visitors over the last year.

In fact out of both Top 10 lists combined only. Erikgregorywebb ssa-baby-namesR. For the second year in a row Olivia is parents No.

For each year from 1880 to 2017 the number of children of each sex given each name. The name has since fallen a bit hitting No. This package contains three datasets provided by the USA social security administration.