December Popularity by Year
Follow December across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 21 | #5,722 | Down 574 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 25 | #5,148 | Down 785 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 32 | #4,363 | Down 68 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 5 | #12,330 | Down 1,586 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 33 | #4,295 | Down 360 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 37 | #3,935 | Up 70 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 35 | #4,005 | Up 541 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 30 | #4,546 | Down 402 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 34 | #4,144 | Up 76 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 34 | #4,220 | Up 203 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 6 | #10,744 | — |
| 2016 | Girls | 32 | #4,423 | Down 656 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 40 | #3,767 | Down 182 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 43 | #3,585 | Up 751 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 33 | #4,336 | Down 872 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 46 | #3,464 | Up 780 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 34 | #4,244 | Up 364 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 31 | #4,608 | Down 1,047 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 45 | #3,561 | Up 707 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 36 | #4,268 | Up 299 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 32 | #4,567 | Up 244 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 29 | #4,811 | Down 438 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 31 | #4,373 | Down 384 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 35 | #3,989 | Up 318 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 30 | #4,307 | Up 191 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 27 | #4,498 | Down 177 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 28 | #4,321 | Up 79 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 27 | #4,400 | Down 682 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 32 | #3,718 | Down 221 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 34 | #3,497 | Down 623 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 42 | #2,874 | Up 555 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 33 | #3,429 | Down 497 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 40 | #2,932 | Up 1,183 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 25 | #4,115 | Up 142 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 24 | #4,257 | Down 169 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 25 | #4,088 | Up 120 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 24 | #4,208 | Up 486 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 20 | #4,694 | Down 910 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 26 | #3,784 | Up 21 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 24 | #3,805 | Up 669 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 18 | #4,474 | Down 1,695 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 34 | #2,779 | Up 1,856 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 16 | #4,635 | Down 1,022 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 22 | #3,613 | Up 673 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 17 | #4,286 | Up 61 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 17 | #4,347 | Down 1,007 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 25 | #3,340 | Down 125 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 26 | #3,215 | Down 491 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 32 | #2,724 | Up 285 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 26 | #3,009 | Up 167 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 24 | #3,176 | Up 231 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 20 | #3,407 | Up 107 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 19 | #3,514 | Up 181 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 17 | #3,695 | Up 1,496 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 10 | #5,191 | Up 1,367 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 7 | #6,558 | Up 1,437 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 5 | #7,995 | Down 524 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 5 | #7,471 | Down 2,324 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 8 | #5,147 | Up 895 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 6 | #6,042 | Down 769 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 7 | #5,273 | Down 442 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 8 | #4,831 | Down 735 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 11 | #4,096 | Up 800 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 8 | #4,896 | Up 955 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 6 | #5,851 | Up 539 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 5 | #6,390 | — |