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Unknown: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 48 in 2025. Its best rank was #330 in 1952.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #330 in 1952; #3,293 in 2025. About 51% of babies named Unknown in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,293 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1952, at #330.
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Unknown: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 48 girls in 2025. Peak: #330 in 1952 · most girls in one year: 644 (1954).
In 2025, 48 US girls were named Unknown, making it the 3,293rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 663 places from #3,956 in 2024. That is 10 more than the 38 girls named Unknown in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #330, reached in 1952. The most girls given the name in a single year was 644, in 1954. For comparison, it was #3,647 in 2015 and #348 in 1950.
In 2025, 47 US boys were named Unknown, making it the 2,757th most common boys’ name of the year, up 196 places from #2,953 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 43 boys named Unknown in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #308, reached in 1954. That year also had the most boys given the name: 548. For comparison, it was #2,251 in 2015 and #336 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Unknown in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 19,714 US babies have been given the name, 50% of them girls and 50% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 8,929 babies named Unknown.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 478 US girls were named Unknown; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 66. In 2025 that was about 1 in 33,485 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #3,293 | 47 | #2,757 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,956 | 43 | #2,953 |
| 2023 | 46 | #3,471 | 80 | #1,951 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,162 | 85 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 49 | #3,294 | 85 | #1,838 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,603 | 61 | #2,260 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,081 | 77 | #1,933 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,644 | 85 | #1,806 |
| 2017 | 47 | #3,381 | 67 | #2,089 |
| 2016 | 37 | #4,075 | 50 | #2,549 |
| 2015 | 43 | #3,647 | 60 | #2,251 |
| 2014 | 72 | #2,516 | 79 | #1,871 |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,623 | 97 | #1,603 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,767 | 99 | #1,597 |
| 2011 | 77 | #2,414 | 87 | #1,716 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,751 | 89 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 84 | #2,336 | 114 | #1,470 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,885 | 73 | #1,967 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,802 | 42 | #2,863 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,851 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,251 | 23 | #4,052 |
| 2004 | 20 | #6,204 | 24 | #3,853 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,411 | 31 | #3,112 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,378 | 27 | #3,341 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,440 | 15 | #5,132 |
| 2000 | 42 | #3,267 | 39 | #2,475 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,436 | 16 | #4,528 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,791 | 15 | #4,635 |
| 1997 | 16 | #6,156 | 34 | #2,444 |
| 1996 | 53 | #2,450 | 53 | #1,762 |
| 1995 | 223 | #866 | 248 | #667 |
| 1994 | 161 | #1,124 | 163 | #839 |
| 1993 | 94 | #1,628 | 121 | #990 |
| 1992 | 135 | #1,272 | 155 | #853 |
| 1991 | 258 | #796 | 299 | #588 |
| 1990 | 162 | #1,092 | 192 | #738 |
| 1989 | 251 | #774 | 262 | #610 |
| 1988 | 68 | #1,838 | 94 | #1,011 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,656 | 15 | #3,330 |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,491 | 9 | #4,829 |
| 1985 | — | — | 11 | #4,035 |
| 1984 | 7 | #9,108 | 5 | #7,289 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,808 | 8 | #4,878 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,709 | 12 | #3,674 |
| 1981 | 11 | #6,305 | 18 | #2,676 |
| 1980 | 7 | #9,062 | 9 | #4,475 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,677 | 12 | #3,557 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,928 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,523 | 13 | #3,190 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,956 | 13 | #3,087 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,395 | 18 | #2,447 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,874 | 20 | #2,193 |
| 1973 | 23 | #3,012 | 20 | #2,119 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,290 | 15 | #2,528 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,643 | 33 | #1,524 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,569 | 42 | #1,295 |
| 1969 | 23 | #2,839 | 28 | #1,564 |
| 1968 | 19 | #3,050 | 31 | #1,425 |
| 1967 | 18 | #3,074 | 41 | #1,180 |
| 1966 | 34 | #2,021 | 40 | #1,192 |
| 1965 | 29 | #2,245 | 35 | #1,316 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,779 | 49 | #1,093 |
| 1963 | 54 | #1,546 | 71 | #890 |
| 1962 | 57 | #1,493 | 105 | #747 |
| 1961 | 96 | #1,124 | 168 | #614 |
| 1960 | 133 | #925 | 194 | #564 |
| 1959 | 145 | #851 | 188 | #569 |
| 1958 | 209 | #685 | 269 | #479 |
| 1957 | 323 | #533 | 391 | #386 |
| 1956 | 540 | #384 | 457 | #346 |
| 1955 | 564 | #368 | 497 | #332 |
| 1954 | 644 | #336 | 548 | #308 |
| 1953 | 600 | #338 | 525 | #313 |
| 1952 | 622 | #330 | 488 | #321 |
| 1951 | 565 | #334 | 439 | #328 |
| 1950 | 511 | #348 | 404 | #336 |
| 1949 | 443 | #373 | 278 | #402 |
| 1948 | 294 | #469 | 163 | #520 |
| 1947 | 148 | #696 | 99 | #697 |
| 1946 | 104 | #814 | 43 | #1,058 |
| 1945 | 54 | #1,077 | 42 | #993 |
| 1944 | 60 | #1,015 | 27 | #1,310 |
| 1943 | 56 | #1,076 | 30 | #1,279 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,555 | 14 | #2,038 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,092 | 9 | #2,641 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,894 | 6 | #3,439 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,573 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,921 | 5 | #4,000 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,441 | 6 | #3,499 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,842 | — | — |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,559 | 6 | #3,617 |
| 1934 | 9 | #3,136 | 7 | #3,256 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,716 | 6 | #3,610 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,356 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,417 | 6 | #3,730 |
| 1930 | 10 | #3,036 | 13 | #2,284 |
| 1929 | 10 | #3,123 | 10 | #2,750 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,753 | 10 | #2,833 |
| 1927 | 11 | #3,039 | 7 | #3,755 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,269 | 13 | #2,424 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,921 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,363 | 7 | #3,841 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,667 | 24 | #1,587 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,596 | 18 | #1,946 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,924 | 20 | #1,825 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,571 | 18 | #1,956 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,628 | 28 | #1,380 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,955 | 31 | #1,283 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,917 | 22 | #1,583 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,487 | 24 | #1,457 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,792 | 24 | #1,406 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,249 | 18 | #1,483 |
| 1913 | 11 | #2,020 | 17 | #1,309 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,713 | 15 | #1,259 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,834 | 19 | #756 |
| 1910 | — | — | 13 | #924 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,429 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,404 | 8 | #1,105 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,631 | 12 | #809 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #919 |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,233 | 9 | #916 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,245 | 7 | #1,057 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,776 | 6 | #1,122 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,579 | 16 | #554 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,659 | 9 | #777 |
| 1900 | 15 | #1,005 | 16 | #648 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,092 | 8 | #850 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,492 | 15 | #570 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,376 | 9 | #783 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,570 | 9 | #819 |
| 1895 | — | — | 9 | #790 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,228 | 12 | #627 |
| 1893 | — | — | 7 | #899 |
| 1892 | — | — | 14 | #571 |
| 1891 | — | — | 9 | #698 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,195 | 5 | #1,151 |
| 1889 | 8 | #1,018 | 6 | #966 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #1,022 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #1,059 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,276 | — | — |
| 1885 | — | — | 7 | #830 |
| 1883 | — | — | 7 | #793 |
| 1882 | — | — | 7 | #831 |
| 1881 | — | — | 8 | #700 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #1,049 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).