Lady
#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births
- Peak · girls
- 1889 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,068since 1884
Lady over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lady has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,917 | 20 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 |
| 2022 | #5,638 | 22 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 |
| 2018 | #4,562 | 30 |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 |
| 2016 | #3,326 | 48 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 |
| 1929 | #1,825 | 20 |
| 1928 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 |
| 1925 | #1,700 | 25 |
| 1924 | #1,612 | 28 |
| 1923 | #1,840 | 22 |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 |
| 1921 | #1,577 | 28 |
| 1920 | #1,470 | 30 |
| 1919 | #1,445 | 29 |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 |
| 1916 | #1,533 | 24 |
| 1915 | #1,405 | 26 |
| 1914 | #1,303 | 23 |
| 1913 | #1,091 | 25 |
| 1912 | #1,143 | 21 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 |
| 1909 | #890 | 21 |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 |
| 1907 | #923 | 17 |
| 1906 | #965 | 15 |
| 1905 | #1,011 | 14 |
| 1904 | #938 | 15 |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 |
| 1900 | #725 | 25 |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 |
| 1898 | #963 | 13 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 |
| 1889 | #724 | 13 |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five girls were named Lady! It came in at #930, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lady is popular in 1904
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 477 spots since 2024 (#6,394 → #5,917)
- 250 spots since 2020 (#5,667 → #5,917)
- 3,564 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #5,917)
- Biggest jump: 313 spots in 1909 (#1,203 → #890)
- Biggest drop: 486 spots in 1890 (#724 → #1,210)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1889 at #724 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1898–1901
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,991
- Highest: 1 in 11,991 girls born in 1900 were named Lady (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 80,363 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #724 in 1889, was only 1 in 13,720 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 12.0% of all girls named Lady (248) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | #724 (1889) | #897 |
| 1890s | 86 | #963 (1898) | #1,114 |
| 1900s | 152 | #725 (1900) | #987 |
| 1910s | 221 | #1,091 (1913) | #1,383 |
| 1920s | 248 | #1,470 (1920) | #1,699 |
| 1930s | 173 | #1,493 (1937) | #1,988 |
| 1940s | 118 | #2,029 (1940) | #2,848 |
| 1950s | 96 | #2,781 (1950) | #3,945 |
| 1960s | 98 | #3,549 (1965) | #4,477 |
| 1970s | 102 | #3,789 (1971) | #5,491 |
| 1980s | 92 | #5,209 (1982) | #7,335 |
| 1990s | 132 | #5,659 (1991) | #6,761 |
| 2000s | 170 | #5,208 (2004) | #7,065 |
| 2010s | 235 | #3,326 (2016) | #6,111 |
| 2020s | 119 | #5,638 (2022) | #6,010 |
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.
Lady in 1904
girls
#938
15 births · 1 in 18,357 girls
Top girls' names in 1904
More about 1904
girls
275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 18,357 of them was named Lady, which outranked 56.7% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).