Season

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539

Peak · girls
1979 · 110 births
Debut · girls
28 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,169
since 1973

Season over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Season has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #1,193, 1979girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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rankbirths
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2019#15,5395
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2017#11,6158
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2015#13,0067
2014#14,5586
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2012#16,8695
2011#14,8246
2010#14,9596
2009#13,7047
2008#9,47612
2007#15,4916
2006#9,90111
2005#9,45211
2004#9,89210
2003#13,8446
2002#13,5956
2001#8,75811
2000#9,16310
1999#9,4799
1998#8,01611
1997#6,84413
1996#11,8076
1995#9,5538
1994#6,31914
1993#7,03812
1992#8,06510
1991#6,25314
1990#4,12024
1989#4,12123
1988#3,22530
1987#4,28319
1986#3,89021
1985#2,48439
1984#2,47038
1983#2,36040
1982#1,95054
1981#1,64170
1980#1,62471
1979#1,193110
1978#1,24899
1977#1,42978
1976#1,61961
1975#1,52766
1974#1,46468
1973#2,56528
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five girls were named Season! It came in at #2,565, and was given to 28 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2012–2013, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Season is popular in 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedWIMichigan: #853 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,592 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedIAIndiana: #655 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,959 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #567 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,500 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,277 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 13,939 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Season, so not publishedHITexas: #1,297 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 14,770 girlsTXFlorida: #949 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,805 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Pennsylvania#567 · 1 in 5,500
  2. Indiana#655 · 1 in 6,959
  3. Michigan#853 · 1 in 9,592
  4. Florida#949 · 1 in 8,805
  5. California#1,277 · 1 in 13,939

Best ever in a state: #311 in Arkansas, 1979.

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Pennsylvania#567121 in 5,500
Indiana#65551 in 6,959
Michigan#85361 in 9,592
Florida#94951 in 8,805
California#1,277111 in 13,939
Texas#1,29771 in 14,770
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Season
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 1979 at #1,193 (110 births)
  • Births halved by 1982, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,593
  • Highest: 1 in 14,593 girls born in 1979 were named Season (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 335,673 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 43.6% of all girls named Season (510) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s510#1,193 (1979)#1,578
1980s405#1,624 (1980)#2,805
1990s121#4,120 (1990)#7,749
2000s90#8,758 (2001)#11,328
2010s43#11,615 (2017)#14,481

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.

Season in 1978

girls
#1,248
99 births · 1 in 15,473 girls

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #1,248Season99
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 15,473 of them was named Season, which outranked 89.1% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Season
  1. #1,241Marguerite100
  2. #1,241Meggan100
  3. #1,241Patsy100
  4. #1,248Season99
  5. #1,248Crista99
  6. #1,248Jeffrey99
  7. #1,248Lia99
  8. #1,255Aracely98
  9. #1,255Breanna98
  10. #1,255Erinn98

Tied with 6 names at #1,248; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

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

See the top 100 for 1978 →