Fading baby names

Names sinking back toward the reporting floor — peaked before 2021, declining every check since. Most are still in normal use; the trend says that won't last.

These names had their moment somewhere in the last half century. See which names defined each era: the 1980s decade hub, the 1990s decade hub, the 2000s decade hub, or the Millennial generation hub.

The SSA stops publishing a name's count once it drops below 5 births in a year, so "fading" here means falling every year of the 2021–2025 window toward that cutoff, not necessarily disappearing outright. Some will stabilize; the ones with an estimated floor year are on the fastest path down. See names heading the other direction →