Names Website Explanation

November 12, 2026

The Social Security Administration publishes a yearly list of baby names1 along with a count of how many babies were given that name. This data also exists individually for each state/territory in the US, reaching as far back as 1880.

My family and friends are all having babies, and we were repeatedly discussing when and where names were popular and which name spellings were the most common, so I put together a website showing the data.

I have also included The Name Game, where you can choose a state / year and guess the top twenty names for each gender. I recommend attempting:

Lastly, here are some notable names my friends and I found:

  1. A year/gender/name combination has to have a count of at least 5 to be on the list. For example, 2024,M,Pat,3 would not make the list. ↩