Baby name popularity tools

Two quick ways to dig into 40,333 first names, using Social Security's records of babies born from 1880 through 2025. Both run right in your browser.

• How common is my name? Type a first name and see how many babies have had it, the year it peaked, its rank today and the states where it's most popular.
• Compare name popularity Put up to four names on one chart to see how their popularity rose and fell over the last 145 years.

Both tools cover any name given to at least 100 babies of the same sex since 1880. If you'd rather browse, the top names for every year and the lists for each state are good places to start.