popular baby names by year

The following are the top 1000 most popular baby names for the year 2010 as reported by the Social Security administration.

 The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1940s. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 15,146,031 male births and 14,891,059 female births.

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1950s. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 20,501,466 male births and 19,727,902 female births.

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1960s. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 19,613,646 male births and 18,896,953 female births.

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 2000s. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 21,228,869 male births and 20,276,459 female births.

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1990s. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 20,538,667 male births and 19,633,720 female births.

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1980s. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 19,219,301 male births and 18,444,200 female births.

These are the most popular 1000 baby names from the year 2008.

These are the most popular 1000 baby names
from the year 2009.