Baby Name Observations by Decade

Explore annual leaders and repeated top-20 observations in each available decade. Open an individual year for exact-spelling counts.

The national history is a selected import with narrower coverage in older years. Missing observations do not establish first use, disappearance, or zero. The current decade is partial through 2025. Read the coverage notes.

Decade	Available year range	Years with imported rows
2020s	2020–2025	6
2010s	2010–2019	10
2000s	2000–2009	10
1990s	1990–1999	10
1980s	1980–1989	10
1970s	1970–1979	10
1960s	1960–1969	10
1950s	1950–1959	10
1940s	1940–1949	10
1930s	1930–1939	10
1920s	1920–1929	10
1910s	1910–1919	10
1900s	1900–1909	10
1890s	1890–1899	10
1880s	1880–1889	10

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