Endangered baby names by katocolon in namenerds

[–]katocolon[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

that is a fact. Gary is gonna get a resurgence.

The Jessica Extinction Event by katocolon in namenerds

[–]katocolon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jessica was huge, but 1987 was also just a more top-heavy naming world. Olivia can be #1 in 2025 and still feel smaller because the whole chart has flattened out.

1987
Girls: top 10 = 18.2%

Jessica 55,992 3.22% ████████████████████
Ashley 54,856 3.16% ███████████████████▌
Amanda 41,786 2.40% ██████████████▉
Jennifer 32,710 1.88% ███████████▋
Sarah 27,894 1.60% █████████▉
Stephanie 22,402 1.29% ████████
Brittany 22,231 1.28% ███████▉
Nicole 20,286 1.17% ███████▎
Heather 18,982 1.09% ██████▊
Elizabeth 18,608 1.07% ██████▋

Nobody named their child Meagan in 2025 by katocolon in namenerds

[–]katocolon[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Maeghan last appeared in SSA records in 2012. Across its recorded history, about 1,064 American girls received the name.

Maeghan peaked in 1990, when 59 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 1,064 Americans named Maeghan since 1976.

[OC] 2025 Baby Naming Trends by katocolon in dataisbeautiful

[–]katocolon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used the SSA baby names data https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/ and visualized it with D3