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U.S. baby names since 1880, year by year.
2,181,032 rows from the Social Security Administration. Every name given to at least five babies of the same sex in a year, from 1880 through 2025, with how many babies got it and where it ranked.
- Rows
- 2,181,032
- Columns
- 7
- Formats
- CSV, JSON, XML
As of: Births through 2025, from the SSA's May 2026 release. The SSA adds each year's births every May.
Preview
A few real rows
| Name | Sex | Year | Births | Rank | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivia | F | 2025 | 13544 | 1 | 0.84267 |
| Charlotte | F | 2025 | 13400 | 2 | 0.83371 |
| Emma | F | 2025 | 12754 | 3 | 0.79352 |
| Amelia | F | 2025 | 12699 | 4 | 0.7901 |
| Liam | M | 2025 | 20818 | 1 | 1.2188 |
| Noah | M | 2025 | 20358 | 2 | 1.19187 |
| Oliver | M | 2025 | 14939 | 3 | 0.87461 |
| Theodore | M | 2025 | 13355 | 4 | 0.78187 |
Field guide
What's in each row
The name
The name, F or M, and the year.
Name Sex Year
Popularity
How many babies got the name, its rank that year, and its percent of that year's listed babies of that sex.
Births Rank Percent
Good to know
Before you use it
- The SSA leaves out names given to fewer than five babies in a year, so a rare name can skip years.
- Rank 1 is the most common name that year for that sex. Names with the same count share a rank.
- In every format, dates are written as yyyy-MM-dd, and yes/no values as true or false. An empty value means nothing was recorded.
Source
U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names
Public domain
Where it comes in handy
What you can build with it
- Trend charts. Show how a name rose and fell over 146 years.
- Name apps. Power a baby-name finder with real popularity data.
- Realistic test data. Pick first names that fit the era a person was born in.
- Teaching. A large, tidy time series for data and statistics classes.
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- The top 50 girls' and boys' names of 2025
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