Special
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1996
23 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
344
since 1980
Born a Special? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Special was most popular in 1996, when 23 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Special in 2025. Not recorded since 2020.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 6 | 13453 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 16513 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 7 | 13924 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 5 | 17168 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 9 | 10921 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 11 | 9264 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 5 | 15784 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 11 | 8837 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 10 | 9351 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 12 | 8027 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 15 | 6484 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 14 | 6719 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 20 | 5010 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 23 | 4453 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 20 | 4846 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 10 | 8122 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 21 | 4671 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 21 | 4686 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 11 | 7430 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 18 | 5060 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 15 | 5545 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 13 | 5895 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 9 | 7353 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 12 | 5757 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 14 | 5077 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 7 | 8153 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 6 | 9015 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | 10517 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 9 | 6789 | <5 | — |
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