Historical trend of top US baby names
Plot of historical rankings of top USA baby names according to the Social Security Administration by CMG Lee. Names listed have achieved top-5 rank, and names in bold have achieved top rank in at least one of the years shown. Names are ordered by ascending year they first appeared in the top-5 and then rank. Data is from http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/limits.html .
Rank:
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2
3
4
5
6-10
11-20
21-50
51-100
FEMALE
1880
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
Mary
Anna
Emma
Elizabeth
Minnie
Margaret
Ruth
Helen
Dorothy
Betty
Barbara
Joan
Shirley
Patricia
Judith
Carol
Linda
Sandra
Susan
Deborah
Debra
Karen
Donna
Lisa
Kimberly
Michelle
Jennifer
Melissa
Amy
Heather
Angela
Jessica
Amanda
Sarah
Ashley
Brittany
Samantha
Emily
Hannah
Alexis
Madison
Olivia
Abigail
Isabella
Ava
Sophia
MALE
1880
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
John
William
James
Charles
George
Robert
Joseph
Richard
David
Michael
Christopher
Jason
Matthew
Joshua
Daniel
Andrew
Tyler
Jacob
Nicholas
Ethan
Alexander
Jayden
Mason
Noah
Liam