Yearly counts, rankings, gender split and interactive trends — for every name across 8 countries, from 1880 to 2024.
Top 5 names per year — 1880 to 2024
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Every chart on NameCharted is built from official government birth records — no editorial guesswork, no sponsored rankings. Our primary dataset is the U.S. Social Security Administration's annual name release, which tracks every first name given to at least five babies born in the United States each year, going all the way back to 1880. We extend this with comparable official data from the UK's Office for National Statistics, INSEE in France, the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Canada, and registries in Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands.
Search any name to see its full popularity history as a chart — how many babies received it each year, whether it's rising or falling, and where it sits in the current rankings. You can compare two names side by side, explore names by decade, filter by origin or meaning, or use our sibling-name tool to find names that pair well with a name you already love.
The 18,085 names in our database each have their own page with a full trend chart, peak year, and rank history. We update annually when new SSA data is released — the current data runs from 1880 through 2024.
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What were parents choosing in the 1950s? The 1990s? Explore full top-100 lists for every decade. Browse decades →
Browse names grouped by language origin — Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Irish, and more. Explore origins →