Mystery Popularity by Year
Follow Mystery across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Mystery 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Girls | 7 | #12,197 | Up 1,395 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 6 | #13,592 | Down 1,386 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 7 | #12,206 | Up 1,247 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 6 | #13,453 | Down 1,005 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 7 | #12,448 | Up 1,883 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 6 | #14,331 | Down 1,262 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 7 | #13,069 | Down 1,812 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 9 | #11,257 | Up 3,567 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 6 | #14,824 | Down 5,034 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 11 | #9,790 | Up 5,452 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 6 | #15,242 | Down 1,410 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 7 | #13,832 | Up 3,804 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 5 | #17,636 | Down 6,219 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 9 | #11,417 | Down 3,526 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 14 | #7,891 | Up 825 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 12 | #8,716 | Down 1,831 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 16 | #6,885 | Up 4,223 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 8 | #11,108 | Down 1,006 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 9 | #10,102 | Down 939 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 10 | #9,163 | Down 1,447 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 12 | #7,716 | Up 3,422 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 7 | #11,138 | Down 1,336 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 8 | #9,802 | Down 1,670 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 10 | #8,132 | Down 1,491 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 13 | #6,641 | Up 2,163 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 9 | #8,804 | Up 755 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 8 | #9,559 | Up 3,588 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 5 | #13,147 | Down 1,822 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 5 | #11,325 | Down 3,007 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 7 | #8,318 | Up 2,093 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 5 | #10,411 | — |