We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency.

Most popular names each year. Read on to see if your name was amongst the most popular for the past. 18 of 105. Hot cartoon Betty Boop remained a big deal in 1932 as did her name.

Over the last 100 years the male name Michael has held the top spot most often 44 times while the female name Mary has been ranked number one 35 times over those years. We compiled a list of the most popular baby name for every year. SELECT nYear nName nGender nQty FROM Name n WHERE NOT EXISTS SELECT 1 FROM Name n2 WHERE n2Year nYear AND n2Gender nGender AND n2Qty nQty Performance is despite the verbosity of the SQL usually on a par with alternatives when using this pattern often.

Wonder what the list will look like at the end of this year. Other girl names with the largest positive change include. Hottest names in recent years 2019 Sophia Olivia and Emma.

Popular names by decade are determined the same way we determine the popularity of a name during a single year. It rose from 556 to 239. -- ONE PER GENDER PER YEAR.

Popular Names by State. Enter the Year and Popularity for a List of the Most Popular Names. Mary Barbara Robert James and John rounded out that year.

Linda reigned from 1947 1952. Top 5 names by. We provide the top 100 names for a selected State and year of birth and we also provide the top 5 names by State for all States for a selected year of birth.