Lassie

Last seen for girls in 1963 at #6,592

Peak · girls
1891 · 14 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
979
since 1883

Lassie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lassie has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #727, 1891girls
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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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1963#6,5925
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1961#6,5675
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1956#5,9525
1955#4,0699
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1953#4,5957
1952#4,4837
1951#5,4145
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1949#4,2357
1948#4,6516
1947#3,44810
1946#4,9605
1945#4,5565
1944#3,3788
1943#3,04010
1942#3,1949
1941#4,4205
1940#1,96517
1939#2,20614
1938#4,3425
1937#2,57011
1936#2,26313
1935#2,20614
1934#2,08715
1933#3,1098
1932#2,13015
1931#1,94117
1930#3,0559
1929#3,3948
1928#1,68024
1927#1,77123
1926#1,83022
1925#1,60927
1924#1,99220
1923#1,67225
1922#1,53629
1921#1,72325
1920#1,62626
1919#1,36932
1918#1,45129
1917#1,60523
1916#1,08742
1915#1,23132
1914#1,66516
1913#1,67013
1912#1,00326
1911#1,30013
1910#94121
1909#1,36910
1908#88220
1907#1,14212
1906#1,15411
1905#1,09312
1904#1,09211
1903#96913
1902#93614
1901#88114
1900#1,4318
1899#1,3946
1898#1,04711
1897#82615
1896#87214
1895#98611
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1893#1,0918
1892#83013
1891#72714
1890#82511
1889#1,2795
1888#1,0367
1887#1,1475
1886#8977
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First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Lassie! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Lassie is popular in 1895

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lassie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
  • Biggest jump: 550 spots in 1901 (#1,431 → #881)
  • Biggest drop: 487 spots in 1909 (#882 → #1,369)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1891 at #727 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1894, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1890–1892
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,249
  • Highest: 1 in 13,249 girls born in 1891 were named Lassie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 385,501 girls born in 1963 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 25.2% of all girls named Lassie (247) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s29#897 (1886)#1,056
1890s103#727 (1891)#955
1900s125#881 (1901)#1,095
1910s247#941 (1910)#1,332
1920s229#1,536 (1922)#1,883
1930s121#1,941 (1931)#2,591
1940s82#1,965 (1940)#3,785
1950s33#4,069 (1955)#4,903
1960s10#6,567 (1961)#6,580

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.

Lassie in 1895

girls
#986
11 births · 1 in 21,239 girls

Top girls' names in 1895

  1. #1Mary13,447
  2. #2Anna5,950
  3. #3Helen4,023
  4. #4Margaret3,931
  5. #5Elizabeth3,603
  6. #6Ruth3,551
  7. #7Florence3,471
  8. #8Ethel3,391
  9. #9Marie3,011
  10. #10Emma2,952
  11. #986Lassie11
More about 1895

girls

233,627 girls got a published name in 1895; 1 in 21,239 of them was named Lassie, which outranked 45.5% of the 1,808 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lassie
  1. #932Villa12
  2. #932Vinie12
  3. #932Vivien12
  4. #986Lassie11
  5. #986Adel11
  6. #986Alba11
  7. #986Anner11
  8. #1,053Aggie10
  9. #1,053Alcie10
  10. #1,053Ana10

Tied with 66 names at #986; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. ↑ 715Glenn#1,353 → #638
  2. ↑ 670Drusilla#1,485 → #815
  3. ↑ 670Gertha#1,485 → #815
  4. ↑ 670Lorine#1,485 → #815
  5. ↑ 627Leva#1,485 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 848Gina#744 → #1,592
  2. ↓ 848Laurel#744 → #1,592
  3. ↓ 848Pennie#744 → #1,592
  4. ↓ 810Buena#782 → #1,592
  5. ↓ 780Albertina#812 → #1,592

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

See the top 100 for 1895 →