Little
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430 · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to boys 87.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1896 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,573since 1883
Little over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,052 | 15 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,920 | 15 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #3,325 | 17 |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | — | #2,269 | 22 | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #2,569 | 18 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1978 | — | #2,568 | 17 | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #1,948 | 25 |
| 1976 | — | #2,054 | 23 | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #1,593 | 32 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #1,659 | 29 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #1,653 | 28 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,721 | 26 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #1,637 | 29 |
| 1970 | — | #2,213 | 17 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,861 | 20 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,455 | 29 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,758 | 20 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,963 | 16 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1964 | — | #2,205 | 14 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #1,757 | 21 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #1,602 | 25 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #1,501 | 28 |
| 1958 | — | #2,370 | 12 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,751 | 21 | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | — | #1,677 | 21 | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #1,939 | 16 |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,703 | 19 | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | — | #1,692 | 18 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,926 | 13 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,309 | 10 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,699 | 18 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #1,629 | 19 |
| 1941 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | — | #2,159 | 11 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | — | #1,528 | 20 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,723 | 16 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,029 | 13 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,693 | 18 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,821 | 17 | |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #1,647 | 22 |
| 1926 | — | #1,981 | 16 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | — | #1,727 | 21 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | — | #1,591 | 23 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,648 | 22 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #1,642 | 22 |
| 1919 | — | #1,576 | 22 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | — | #1,528 | 22 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,043 | 14 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,803 | 10 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,353 | 13 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Little! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Little
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Biggest drop: 638 spots in 1910 (#951 → #1,589)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1896 at #826 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1883–1884
- Highest: 1 in 14,946 boys born in 1896 were named Little (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 370,191 boys born in 2017 (0.00%)
- 15.8% of all boys named Little (248) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #892 (1883) | #946 |
| 1890s | 20 | #826 (1896) | #936 |
| 1900s | 25 | #951 (1909) | #1,147 |
| 1910s | 124 | #1,353 (1912) | #1,801 |
| 1920s | 199 | #1,591 (1922) | #1,753 |
| 1930s | 140 | #1,528 (1937) | #2,026 |
| 1940s | 161 | #1,629 (1942) | #1,834 |
| 1950s | 167 | #1,501 (1959) | #2,010 |
| 1960s | 210 | #1,455 (1968) | #1,779 |
| 1970s | 248 | #1,593 (1975) | #1,928 |
| 1980s | 145 | #2,213 (1980) | #3,124 |
| 1990s | 95 | #3,920 (1992) | #5,451 |
| 2000s | 14 | #8,143 (2004) | #8,628 |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,086 (2015) | #12,166 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Little in 1889
Top boys' names in 1889
More about 1889
boys
110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 22,116 of them was named Little, which outranked 12.3% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 137 names at #974; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.