Exa

Last seen for girls in 1953 at #5,040

Peak · girls
1881 · 5 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
466
since 1881

Exa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Exa has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #830, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1946#4,9605
1945#4,0256
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1938#4,3425
1937#4,2555
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1935#3,7426
1934#3,1598
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1930#3,3458
1929#4,0536
1928#4,1956
1927#4,8055
1926#3,04610
1925#2,11918
1924#2,80912
1923#2,36615
1922#2,78012
1921#2,76212
1920#2,07918
1919#2,38414
1918#1,49728
1917#2,31614
1916#2,36813
1915#1,80018
1914#1,89613
1913#1,76612
1912#1,42115
1911#2,4635
1910#1,7738
1909#1,9576
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1905#1,23810
1904#1,09211
1903#1,5926
1902#1,2199
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1900#1,05313
1899#1,1818
1898#1,09810
1897#93112
1896#1,2138
1895#1,4266
1894#95011
1893#1,4375
1892#1,0858
1891#9439
1890#1,0068
1889#1,2795
1888#1,0367
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1881#8305
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Exa! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Exa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1953
  • Biggest jump: 487 spots in 1894 (#1,437#950)
  • Biggest drop: 476 spots in 1895 (#950#1,426)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #830 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1881–1897
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,391
  • Highest: 1 in 18,391 girls born in 1881 were named Exa (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 313,550 girls born in 1953 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 30.0% of all girls named Exa (140) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s17#830 (1881)#1,048
1890s85#931 (1897)#1,127
1900s55#1,053 (1900)#1,359
1910s140#1,421 (1912)#1,968
1920s114#2,079 (1920)#3,101
1930s38#3,159 (1934)#3,791
1940s11#4,025 (1945)#4,493
1950s6#5,040 (1953)#5,040

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Exa in 1881

girls
#830
5 births · 1 in 18,391 girls

Top girls' names in 1881

  1. #1Mary6,919
  2. #2Anna2,698
  3. #3Emma2,034
  4. #4Elizabeth1,852
  5. #5Margaret1,658
  6. #6Minnie1,653
  7. #7Ida1,439
  8. #8Annie1,326
  9. #9Bertha1,324
  10. #10Alice1,308
  11. #830Exa5
More about 1881

girls

91,953 girls got a published name in 1881; 1 in 18,391 of them was named Exa, which outranked 11.5% of the 938 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Exa
  1. #740Zena6
  2. #740Zenobia6
  3. #740Zilpha6
  4. #830Exa5
  5. #830Aggie5
  6. #830Alba5
  7. #830Aletha5

Tied with 108 names at #830; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. 431Isa#836#405
  2. 389Opal#836#447
  3. 345Natalie#836#491
  4. 304Arvilla#738#434
  5. 304Lauretta#738#434
Fallers
  1. 381Avis#449#830
  2. 365Clementine#375#740
  3. 364Eleanore#466#830
  4. 364Lonnie#466#830
  5. 319Luvenia#421#740

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1881