Pecola Popularity by Year
Follow Pecola across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Pecola 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Girls | 5 | #11,325 | Down 3,197 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 7 | #8,128 | Up 434 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 6 | #8,562 | Down 1,951 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 8 | #6,611 | Down 127 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 8 | #6,484 | Up 904 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 6 | #7,388 | Down 849 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 5 | #6,539 | Down 530 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 6 | #6,009 | Down 149 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 6 | #5,860 | Down 9 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 6 | #5,851 | Down 961 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 7 | #4,890 | Down 1,397 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 12 | #3,493 | Up 1,247 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 7 | #4,740 | Down 773 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 9 | #3,967 | Down 12 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 9 | #3,955 | Down 159 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 9 | #3,796 | Up 1,618 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 5 | #5,414 | Down 1,991 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 10 | #3,423 | Up 812 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 7 | #4,235 | Down 1,534 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 14 | #2,701 | Up 747 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 10 | #3,448 | Down 18 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 9 | #3,430 | Up 1,126 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 5 | #4,556 | Down 1,178 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 8 | #3,378 | Up 115 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 8 | #3,493 | Down 1,182 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 15 | #2,311 | Up 357 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 11 | #2,668 | Down 244 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 12 | #2,424 | Down 543 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 18 | #1,881 | Up 140 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 16 | #2,021 | Down 22 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 16 | #1,999 | Down 450 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 23 | #1,549 | Up 230 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 19 | #1,779 | Up 224 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 16 | #2,003 | Down 168 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 18 | #1,835 | Up 122 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 17 | #1,957 | Up 624 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 11 | #2,581 | Down 29 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 12 | #2,552 | Down 361 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 15 | #2,191 | Down 168 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 18 | #2,023 | Down 88 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 20 | #1,935 | Down 214 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 24 | #1,721 | Up 657 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 15 | #2,378 | Down 655 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 25 | #1,723 | Up 221 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 20 | #1,944 | Down 108 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 22 | #1,836 | Up 673 places |
| 1921 | Girls | 14 | #2,509 | Down 959 places |
| 1920 | Girls | 28 | #1,550 | Up 606 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 16 | #2,156 | Down 269 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 20 | #1,887 | Up 109 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 17 | #1,996 | Down 463 places |
| 1916 | Girls | 24 | #1,533 | Up 350 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 17 | #1,883 | Up 551 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 9 | #2,434 | Down 270 places |
| 1913 | Girls | 9 | #2,164 | Down 986 places |
| 1912 | Girls | 20 | #1,178 | Up 63 places |
| 1911 | Girls | 14 | #1,241 | Up 532 places |
| 1910 | Girls | 8 | #1,773 | Down 302 places |
| 1909 | Girls | 9 | #1,471 | Up 205 places |
| 1908 | Girls | 7 | #1,676 | Up 385 places |
| 1907 | Girls | 5 | #2,061 | Down 595 places |
| 1901 | Girls | 6 | #1,466 | Down 235 places |
| 1900 | Girls | 10 | #1,231 | — |