Feminine dossier · first seen 1955

September

Name: SSA baby-name counts for September
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1980

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1955Peak 19802024

Peak year

1980

Decline from peak

58.8%

2024

All-time

2,182

September has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1980, when 51 girls were named September.

In 2024, only 21 girls were given the name.

Down 58.8% from its peak.

All told, about 2,182 Americans have been named September and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1955.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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