Name: U.S. Baby Names and Popularity History Database
Creator: Oddity Software
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U.S. Baby Names and Popularity History Database List

U.S. Baby Names and Popularity History Database v.2.0.1

104,819 Baby Names

U.S. Baby Names and Popularity History Database

Research 104,819 name spellings across more than 2,151,477 annual name, sex, and birth-year observations from 1880 through 2025.

From a name list to a research-ready history

Compare lifetime usage, first and last appearance, peak year, peak rank, recent counts, current rank, year-over-year change, and long-term sex-use patterns. The normalized annual table supports trend charts, search tools, naming applications, editorial projects, and historical research without flattening repeated years into a single field.

Important coverage notes

Names below the government privacy threshold are not published. The 2025 layer includes the published top 1,000 names per sex, so a blank 2025 value means not present in that ranked layer, not zero births. Historical meanings and origins are retained only when matched to verified Oddity material and are clearly labeled historical rather than current government facts.

104,819 Baby Names Records

SAMPLE DATA TABLE STRUCTURE RECORD INFO

License Database Purchase Options

USAGE

Name Directory

$40.00

Internal work

Import, modify, combine and analyze within one organization, including work by supervised contractors.

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PUBLICATION

Popularity History

$80.00

Publish and build for clients

All Usage rights, plus customer-facing websites, apps, reports and client projects without bulk dataset handoff.

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MASTER

Complete Names Research

$160.00

Client dataset handoff

All Publication rights, plus raw or transformed dataset handoff within a genuine client project. Standalone dataset resale requires a separate addendum.

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Table Schema Database Field Statistics

Release structure

U.S. Baby Names and Popularity History Database

Review the published tables, record coverage, and field names included with release 2.0.1.

Database: #35
Version: 2.0.1
Format: XML schema

Data dictionary

Tables and fields

Release-defined structure

Table	Records	Fields
names_summary	104819
annual_name_history	2151477

Release at a glance

What is inside this database

Explore the size, time span, sex-use patterns, source coverage, and field completeness of the normalized name directory and annual popularity history.

104,819Name spellings

2,151,477Annual observations

146Years represented

1,918Names ranked in 2025

Sex Use

Predominantly Female63,002
Predominantly Male36,466
Unisex5,351

History Sex

F1,264,426
M887,051

Coverage Status

SSA National Names With Five Or More Recorded Applications2,149,477
SSA Published Top 1000 Rank For 2025; Counts And Lower - Ranked Names Are Not Represented In This Source Layer2,000

Table and column statistics

Select a table to review its own schema, record total, fields, distinct values, and missing-value coverage.

names summary104,819 records · 20 fields

name_id

Distinct: 104,819
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

name

Distinct: 104,819
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

sex_use

Distinct: 3
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

first_year

Distinct: 145
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

last_year

Distinct: 140
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

lifetime_births

Distinct: 7,790
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

male_births

Distinct: 4,641
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

female_births

Distinct: 5,797
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

peak_year

Distinct: 145
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

peak_births

Distinct: 2,431
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

peak_rank

Distinct: 5,493
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

births_2025

Distinct: 1
Missing: 104,819 (100.0%)

rank_2025

Distinct: 995
Missing: 102,901 (98.2%)

births_2024

Distinct: 1,379
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

rank_2024

Distinct: 1,277
Missing: 75,594 (72.1%)

recent_change_count

Distinct: 1
Missing: 104,819 (100.0%)

recent_change_percent

Distinct: 1
Missing: 104,819 (100.0%)

historical_meaning

Distinct: 20
Missing: 104,800 (100.0%)

historical_origin

Distinct: 10
Missing: 104,800 (100.0%)

historical_enrichment_status

Distinct: 2
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

annual name history2,151,477 records · 7 fields

name_id

Distinct: 104,819
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

name

Distinct: 104,819
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

sex

Distinct: 2
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

birth_year

Distinct: 146
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

birth_count

Distinct: 13,943
Missing: 2,000 (0.1%)

rank_for_sex

Distinct: 5,534
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

coverage_status

Distinct: 2
Missing: 0 (0.0%)

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Representative sample data

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names summaryDownload this sample CSV

name_id	name	sex_use	first_year	last_year	lifetime_births	male_births	female_births	peak_year	peak_births	peak_rank	rank_2025	births_2024	rank_2024	historical_enrichment_status
119c9ae6f9ca741bd0a76f87	James	predominantly male	1880	2025	5262396	5238570	23826	1947	95020	1	6	11861	5	not available in verified legacy sample
96d9632f363564cc30325214	John	predominantly male	1880	2025	5196210	5174470	21740	1947	88524	3	23	8055	21	not available in verified legacy sample
4007d46292298e83da10d076	Robert	predominantly male	1880	2025	4866007	4845891	20116	1947	91891	2	92	3785	90	not available in verified legacy sample
34550715062af006ac4fab28	Michael	predominantly male	1880	2025	4440391	4418526	21865	1957	93041	1	21	8204	18	not available in verified legacy sample
d0784c6b1785dcd474688d46	William	predominantly male	1880	2025	4205026	4189004	16022	1947	67155	4	9	10605	10	not available in verified legacy sample
6915771be1c5aa0c886870b6	Mary	predominantly female	1880	2025	4154332	15172	4139160	1921	74171	1	125	2196	132	not available in verified legacy sample
07d046d5fac12b3f82daf503	David	predominantly male	1880	2025	3682683	3669730	12953	1955	86450	2	35	7324	31	not available in verified legacy sample
7ee8118150e0ce023742beba	Joseph	predominantly male	1880	2025	2672746	2662040	10706	1956	32831	12	29	7223	32	not available in verified legacy sample
61bffea9215f65164ad18b45	Richard	predominantly male	1880	2025	2585535	2576005	9530	1946	58991	5	234	1539	232	not available in verified legacy sample
10fe82adb964fa73c3c60be2	Charles	predominantly male	1880	2025	2441151	2428685	12466	1947	40917	9	48	5601	51	not available in verified legacy sample
d38681074467c0bc147b17a9	Thomas	predominantly male	1880	2025	2360128	2351624	8504	1952	48728	8	34	6581	39	not available in verified legacy sample
9d0c52ae7023170cf8437d86	Christopher	predominantly male	1880	2025	2074303	2064796	9507	1984	60409	2	68	5054	61	not available in verified legacy sample
bd3dae5fb91f88a4f0978222	Daniel	predominantly male	1880	2025	1982857	1974589	8268	1985	38858	5	22	8400	16	not available in verified legacy sample
b54f08623ae4039f55bcecba	Elizabeth	predominantly female	1880	2025	1687089	5211	1681878	1990	20840	9	17	6883	17	not available in verified legacy sample
68be7550846ecd878947b4eb	Matthew	predominantly male	1880	2025	1652565	1646990	5575	1983	50525	3	32	7086	33	not available in verified legacy sample
d86dc6e60b0632e30f2a78ab	Patricia	predominantly female	1884	2024	1578408	4963	1573445	1951	56574	3		177	1298	not available in verified legacy sample
0522a55e2d5f0993a3d66d28	George	predominantly male	1880	2025	1494369	1484412	9957	1921	27682	6	126	2896	123	not available in verified legacy sample
502913bfdd49eab564282dff	Anthony	predominantly male	1880	2025	1489090	1481986	7104	1990	25187	15	46	6326	44	not available in verified legacy sample
9ce8db922a8f4a7abd859ade	Jennifer	predominantly female	1919	2025	1476028	4837	1471191	1972	63792	1	586	552	546	not available in verified legacy sample
6bab3007f56e2a9175ff1222	Linda	predominantly female	1880	2025	1458588	3756	1454832	1947	99909	1	902	321	835	not available in verified legacy sample

annual name historyDownload this sample CSV

name_id	name	sex	birth_year	birth_count	rank_for_sex	coverage_status
6915771be1c5aa0c886870b6	Mary	F	1880	7065	1	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
55579b557896d0ce1764c47f	Anna	F	1880	2604	2	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
f4aa0655cdb8d4fcf6f719c7	Emma	F	1880	2003	3	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
b54f08623ae4039f55bcecba	Elizabeth	F	1880	1939	4	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
bd5cff650821e43fd88ca5f9	Minnie	F	1880	1746	5	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
522ce7057fd0523adcd6672d	Margaret	F	1880	1578	6	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
bb6b24bf13999272b27006f7	Ida	F	1880	1472	7	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
2bd806c97f0e00af1a1fc332	Alice	F	1880	1414	8	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
bdd8771653c35224300ff4c4	Bertha	F	1880	1320	9	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
d233633d9524e84c71d6fe45	Sarah	F	1880	1288	10	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
71be92cbdfe91357146afad8	Annie	F	1880	1258	11	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
7814459b3f23f455e4e9bea9	Clara	F	1880	1226	12	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
fb2cb45b6b443241e38145b6	Ella	F	1880	1156	13	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
f902def4855ca65edd499831	Florence	F	1880	1063	14	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
b8d8a9b672985b1df0c1c580	Cora	F	1880	1045	15	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
7dbef27a673fea6454664f4f	Martha	F	1880	1040	16	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
5d702eb07928ed7b84626b77	Laura	F	1880	1012	17	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
d0cb58d4d6ac665b624be38e	Nellie	F	1880	995	18	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
e010fd1ce1acc173e3b4835b	Grace	F	1880	982	19	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications
f7c008438c5b2cf95bd37cbc	Carrie	F	1880	949	20	SSA national names with five or more recorded applications

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104,819 normalized name spellings and 2,151,477 annual popularity observations covering 1880 through 2025.

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U.S. Baby Names and Popularity History Database v.2.0.1

104,819 Baby Names

U.S. Baby Names and Popularity History Database

From a name list to a research-ready history

Important coverage notes

License Database Purchase Options

Name Directory

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Popularity History

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Complete Names Research

Client dataset handoff

Table Schema Database Field Statistics

U.S. Baby Names and Popularity History Database

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Sex Use

History Sex

Coverage Status

Table and column statistics

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Baby Names Records Information

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