December
December is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 25 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 250.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 201246 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1960
- 1,586people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,586 girls have been named December in the United States since 1960, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 46 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2010s alone account for 23%.
By decade
In 2012, its biggest year
December was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2012 were Sophia, Emma, Isabella, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2012.
Names that rose and fell with December
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Keziapeak 2007
- Shoshanapeak 2022
- Raenapeak 2005
- Rainypeak 2014
- Elisiapeak 2000
- Summerpeak 1998
- Farahpeak 2012
- Mikapeak 2017
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.