Every top-100 American name since 1880

These 891 names are every name that has ranked among the 100 most popular for American boys or girls in any single year from 1880 through 2025, drawn from the Social Security Administration’s national records. Each page gives the name’s origin and meaning, its full popularity curve, peak year and rank, and decade-by-decade counts.

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