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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Little

Used in both girl and boy records

Little appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Little by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDLittle as a girl’s nameUS records 1918–1994
#15925girl rank1980peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDLittle as a boy’s nameUS records 1883–2017
#3320boy rank1975peak year
Read boy record ↗

Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Little in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl198010 uses#339519291918–199436 listed years
Boy197532 uses#82618961883–2017101 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.