So I have the current up to date SSA data on my computer and I thought it would be fun to pick out some interesting and fun names from below the top 1000 of every decade from the 1960’s to now. If you want earlier decades or a boys version let me know however there are much less babies and variety in those previous lists especially on the boys side.
1964 -
To make the list proper in 1964 you needed 115 babies. Yolanda capped off the top 1000.
Kevin - 114 babies
Celestine - 109 babies
Tangela - 100 babies
Pandora - 88 babies
Concetta - 87 babies
Dorcas - 87 babies
Nan - 86 babies
Bronwyn - 83 babies
Virgie - 69 babies
Willette - 58 babies
1977 -
To make the list in 1977 you needed 135 babies. Justina capped off the list in 1977 after dropping 119 places.
Tequila - 128 babies
Inez - 125 babies
Claudette - 112 babies
Tatum - 100 babies
Angelic - 97 babies
Sparkle - 89 babies
Rosalba - 82 babies
Xochitl - 71 babies
Antonette - 68 babies
Fanta - 66 babies
1986 -
To make the list in 1986 you needed 155 babies. Shara rounded out the list after dropping 152 places. Also before anyone asks for this section yes these are all girls names - I actually had to limit it because there were more traditionally boys names for girls that I didn’t list.
Eric - 150 babies
Brian - 142 babies
Afton - 141 babies
Porsche - 127 babies
Steven - 125 babies (+ Stephen spelling = 208 babies)
Richard - 122 babies
Consuelo - 107 babies
Jammie - 94 babies
Imelda - 81 babies
Baby - 81 babies
1995 -
To make the list in 1995 you need 188 babies. Capping off the list this year was Mari.
Chastity - 157 babies
Daijah - 147 babies
Desire - 145 babies
Sirena - 136 babies
Cherokee - 134 babies
Yamilex - 130 babies
Charmaine - 121 babies
America - 115 babies
Female - 106 babies
Maricruz - 98 babies
2005 -
To make the list in 2005 you needed 244 babies. At the end of the list was Estefani.
Ireland - 244 babies
Citalaly - 216 babies
Lexus - 208 babies
Adamaris - 190 babies
Sade - 185 babies
Viridiana - 159 babies
Charisma - 140 babies
Dynasty - 111 babies
Monet - 111 babies
Odalis - 101 babies
2014 -
In 2014 you needed 263 babies to qualify for the list. Wrapping up the list was Cambria.
Great lists! I’m surprised how close some of these came to the Top 1000 – although of course the relative popularity of Top 1000 names has changed a lot over the years.
Super interesting! It’s surprising to me that hundreds of little girls received names like [name_m]Richard[/name_m] and [name_m]Steven[/name_m], which I can’t picture on a girl at all.
Overall, [name_f]Concetta[/name_f], [name_f]Inez[/name_f], [name_u]Tatum[/name_u], [name_f]Rosalba[/name_f], [name_f]Daijah[/name_f], [name_f]Maricruz[/name_f], [name_f]Saoirse[/name_f], and [name_f]Flor[/name_f] are my favorites of the names.
This was probably just a placeholder name given when the parents didn’t fill out the birth certificate. Same thing with my late brother, his legal name was Boy.
It’s possible however I think the US data is based on who gets registered for a social security number (which all babies are required to have in the US) as well as birth certificates. I also couldn’t find it anywhere else in the data either in the years prior I checked nor in the years after. I could be wrong however.
[name_f]Celestine[/name_f]
[name_f]Concetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorcas[/name_f] (a rare GP of mine)
[name_f]Inez[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudette[/name_f]
[name_u]Tatum[/name_u]
[name_m]Steven[/name_m] (never pictured it on a girl, but why not?)
[name_f]Consuelo[/name_f]
[name_u]Baby[/name_u] (another actual GP!)
[name_f]Charmaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Maricruz[/name_f]
[name_f]Monet[/name_f]