Famous
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
2022
12 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
193
since 1925
Born a Famous? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Famous was most popular in 2022, when 12 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Famous in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 29%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 6 | 10938 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 9 | 8255 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 12 | 6828 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 11 | 7089 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 8 | 8739 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 8 | 8889 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 8 | 8819 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 5 | 12086 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 5 | 12136 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 7 | 9709 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 8 | 8767 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 5 | 12231 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 10 | 7692 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 5 | 12367 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 6 | 10662 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 6 | 9112 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 6 | 7770 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 5 | 8700 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 6 | 7422 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 8 | 4012 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 5 | 5464 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 6 | 4375 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 5 | 4404 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 5 | 4136 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 5 | 3948 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 5 | 3930 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 7 | 2964 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 5 | 4201 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 6 | 3741 |
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