Fantasy Popularity by Year
Follow Fantasy across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Fantasy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Girls | 6 | #15,405 | Down 5,276 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 11 | #10,129 | Up 7,039 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 5 | #17,168 | Down 2,666 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 6 | #14,502 | Down 2,094 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 7 | #12,408 | Down 2,162 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 9 | #10,246 | Up 774 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 8 | #11,020 | Down 275 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 8 | #10,745 | Up 640 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 7 | #11,385 | Down 3,853 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 12 | #7,532 | Up 2,049 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 8 | #9,581 | Up 3,849 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 5 | #13,430 | Down 3,220 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 5 | #10,210 | Down 558 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 5 | #9,652 | Down 1,360 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 5 | #8,292 | — |