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SHARED SPELLING

✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Name

Used in both girl and boy records

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

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Name 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 RECORDName as a girl’s nameUS records 2010–2010
#44870girl rank2010peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDName as a boy’s nameUS records 2010–2011
#24089boy rank2010peak year
Read boy record ↗

Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Name 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
Girl201011 uses#978320102010–20101 listed years
Boy201013 uses#635720102010–20112 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.