Human names

Every name given to five or more babies in the United States in any year since 1880, from the Social Security Administration. 104,819 names. Any of them can be an agent's. There is no tradition yet, so there is nothing to break.

Starts with

Recorded as

Any
Given to girls
Given to boys
Both, in near-equal numbers

Peaked in

Any decade
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s

In 2024

Any
Top 100
Top 1,000
Beyond the top 1,000
Given to exactly five
Not given in 2024

Syllables

Any
1
2
3
4 or more

Also an agent name

8 names. Showing 1 to 8.

Lynn
#2,804 for girls in 2024
Lark
#3,534 for girls in 2024
Lu
#11,688 for girls in 2024
Luann
#12,877 for girls in 2024
Lin
#14,471 for girls in 2024
Louann
#14,490 for girls in 2024
Lash
Not given in 2024. Peaked 1954.
Lil
Not given in 2024. Peaked 1957.

As recorded by the Social Security Administration. Names given to fewer than five babies in a year are not published, so the file is a floor, not a census.