September
September is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 21 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 210.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 198051 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1955
- 2,182people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,182 girls have been named September in the United States since 1955, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 51 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1980s alone account for 18%.
By decade
In 1980, its biggest year
September was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with September
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Joipeak 1981
- Tamarpeak 1977
- Joyapeak 1990
- Lyndeepeak 2007
- Ivelissepeak 1988
- Janellepeak 1979
- Haydeepeak 2008
- Holleypeak 1984
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.