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Names A–Z

The 500 most common first names for babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one peaked. Open a name for its popularity chart, rank by decade, typical age, top states, other spellings and names with a similar story.

A 44 names

B 24 names

C 47 names

D 31 names

E 25 names

F 7 names

G 15 names

H 16 names

I 6 names

J 59 names

K 20 names

L 34 names

M 39 names

N 11 names

O 4 names

P 13 names

R 29 names

S 34 names

T 20 names

V 9 names

W 9 names

X 1 name

Y 1 name

Z 2 names

Years show when each name made up its largest share of US babies, in Social Security records going back to 1880.

Twin curves

Each pair is a girls' name and a boys' name whose popularity moved almost in step from 1925 to 2025. Orange is the girls' name, blue the boys' name; each line is scaled to its own high.