Cougar Popularity by Year
Follow Cougar across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Cougar birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Boys | 6 | #10,808 | Down 3,721 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 11 | #7,087 | Up 605 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 10 | #7,692 | Up 6 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 10 | #7,698 | Down 2,488 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 17 | #5,210 | Up 2,217 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 10 | #7,427 | Down 2,393 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 16 | #5,034 | Up 212 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 15 | #5,246 | Up 1,012 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 11 | #6,258 | Down 1,127 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 14 | #5,131 | Up 259 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 13 | #5,390 | Up 1,449 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 9 | #6,839 | Up 3,073 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 5 | #9,912 | Down 4,446 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 11 | #5,466 | Down 506 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 12 | #4,960 | Up 4,055 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 5 | #9,015 | Down 2,345 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 7 | #6,670 | Up 1,566 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 5 | #8,236 | Down 2,621 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 8 | #5,615 | Up 1,655 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 5 | #7,270 | Down 1,181 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 6 | #6,089 | — |