Overton Popularity by Year
Follow Overton across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Overton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Boys | 5 | #10,894 | Down 545 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 5 | #10,349 | Down 3,213 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 7 | #7,136 | Up 1,732 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | Down 5,032 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 7 | #3,836 | Up 130 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 5 | #3,966 | Down 429 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 6 | #3,537 | Up 115 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 6 | #3,652 | Down 1,357 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 13 | #2,295 | Up 1,264 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 6 | #3,559 | Down 24 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 6 | #3,535 | Down 30 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 6 | #3,505 | Down 1,189 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 12 | #2,316 | Up 1,482 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 5 | #3,798 | Down 64 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 5 | #3,734 | Down 1,072 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 9 | #2,662 | Up 1,019 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 5 | #3,681 | Down 1,344 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 11 | #2,337 | Up 1,033 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 6 | #3,370 | Up 155 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 5 | #3,525 | Down 1,248 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 11 | #2,277 | Up 935 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 6 | #3,212 | Down 556 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 8 | #2,656 | Down 207 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 9 | #2,449 | Up 231 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 8 | #2,680 | Down 51 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 8 | #2,629 | Down 600 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 13 | #2,029 | Up 1,650 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 5 | #3,679 | Down 1,972 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 17 | #1,707 | Up 764 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 10 | #2,471 | Up 138 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 10 | #2,609 | Up 157 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 9 | #2,766 | Down 244 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 11 | #2,522 | Down 114 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 12 | #2,408 | Up 28 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 12 | #2,436 | Down 123 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 13 | #2,313 | Down 419 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 18 | #1,894 | Down 78 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 19 | #1,816 | Up 136 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 17 | #1,952 | Up 313 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 14 | #2,265 | Down 808 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 26 | #1,457 | Up 425 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 17 | #1,882 | Down 569 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 29 | #1,313 | Up 1,110 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 11 | #2,423 | Up 307 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 9 | #2,730 | Down 272 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 10 | #2,458 | Down 590 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 12 | #1,868 | Up 405 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 7 | #2,273 | Down 228 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 7 | #2,045 | Down 508 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 6 | #1,537 | Down 164 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 5 | #1,373 | Down 279 places |
| 1907 | Boys | 7 | #1,094 | Up 139 places |
| 1905 | Boys | 5 | #1,233 | Up 77 places |
| 1900 | Boys | 5 | #1,310 | Down 382 places |
| 1899 | Boys | 6 | #928 | Up 50 places |
| 1895 | Boys | 6 | #978 | Down 61 places |
| 1888 | Boys | 6 | #917 | Up 54 places |
| 1884 | Boys | 5 | #971 | — |