Happy Popularity by Year
Follow Happy across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Happy 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 | Boys | 7 | #9,714 | Up 1,224 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 10 | #9,457 | Down 1,014 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 6 | #10,938 | Down 3,200 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 12 | #8,443 | Up 546 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 10 | #7,738 | Up 2,085 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 11 | #8,989 | Up 1,394 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 7 | #9,823 | Down 2,321 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 9 | #10,383 | Up 763 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 8 | #11,146 | Up 3,942 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 10 | #7,502 | Up 2,254 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 5 | #15,088 | Down 5,352 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 7 | #9,756 | Up 2,400 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 10 | #9,736 | Up 1,691 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 5 | #12,156 | Down 3,316 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 8 | #11,427 | Up 188 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 8 | #8,840 | Up 1,904 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 8 | #11,615 | Up 4,804 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 6 | #10,744 | Up 1,392 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 5 | #16,419 | Up 128 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 5 | #12,136 | Up 417 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 5 | #16,547 | Up 322 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 5 | #16,869 | Up 635 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 5 | #12,553 | Down 1,891 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 5 | #17,504 | Down 2,352 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 6 | #10,662 | Down 6,472 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 6 | #15,152 | Down 7,024 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 7 | #8,128 | Up 882 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 6 | #9,010 | Down 2,062 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 8 | #6,948 | Down 2,006 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 13 | #4,942 | Up 659 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 10 | #5,601 | Down 1,964 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 18 | #3,637 | Up 822 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 7 | #4,190 | Down 1,044 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 13 | #4,459 | Up 3,964 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 5 | #8,423 | Down 1,131 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 6 | #7,292 | Down 2,758 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 10 | #3,146 | Up 802 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 12 | #4,534 | Up 227 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 11 | #4,761 | Down 803 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 13 | #3,958 | Up 821 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 9 | #4,779 | Up 1,988 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 5 | #3,948 | Down 898 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 8 | #3,050 | Up 255 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 5 | #6,767 | Down 175 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 5 | #6,592 | Down 1,283 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 7 | #3,305 | Up 347 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 6 | #3,652 | Down 781 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 7 | #5,309 | Down 65 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 9 | #2,871 | Up 1,117 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 5 | #3,988 | Down 102 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 5 | #3,886 | Down 88 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 5 | #3,798 | Down 482 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 5 | #5,244 | Down 183 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 6 | #3,316 | Up 417 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 5 | #3,733 | Down 1,199 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 9 | #2,534 | Up 971 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 5 | #3,505 | Down 25 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 5 | #3,480 | Down 612 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 7 | #2,868 | Down 996 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 14 | #1,872 | Up 524 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 10 | #2,396 | Up 608 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 7 | #3,004 | Up 772 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 5 | #3,776 | Down 1,305 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 10 | #2,471 | Up 776 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 7 | #3,247 | Up 904 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 5 | #4,151 | Down 766 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 7 | #3,385 | Up 812 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 5 | #4,197 | Down 692 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 7 | #3,505 | Down 253 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 5 | #5,061 | Down 247 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 8 | #3,252 | Down 137 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 8 | #3,115 | Up 430 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 5 | #4,814 | — |
| 1917 | Boys | 6 | #3,545 | Down 153 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 6 | #3,392 | Down 741 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 7 | #2,651 | Down 155 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 6 | #2,496 | Down 227 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 6 | #2,269 | — |