Name Explorer 1880–2025

Name Explorer 1880–2025

U.S. names from Social Security card applications: every name used since 2016, plus older names with 1,000 or more births. Filter by how common, how new or old, and how a name sounds, then open any name to see its full history.

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Trend, 2018–20 to 2023–25
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Year the name was at its most popular
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2025 popularity as a % of its peak
People alive with the name
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Median age of living people with the name. High means it sounds like a grandparent.
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Babies given this spelling in 2023–25, both sexes combined
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