Dream
- #432 for girls in 2025, 718 births
- #2,258 for boys in 2025, 62 births
- Given to girls 93.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 959 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,771since 1970
Dream over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 6 girls in 1970 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #432 | 718 | #2,258 | 62 |
| 2024 | #367 | 850 | #2,236 | 64 |
| 2023 | #337 | 925 | #2,541 | 52 |
| 2022 | #335 | 959 | #2,060 | 73 |
| 2021 | #352 | 886 | #2,300 | 60 |
| 2020 | #404 | 772 | #2,586 | 49 |
| 2019 | #526 | 586 | #3,259 | 35 |
| 2018 | #620 | 484 | #3,607 | 30 |
| 2017 | #825 | 330 | #3,440 | 32 |
| 2016 | #1,667 | 128 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #2,012 | 98 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #2,096 | 92 | #4,702 | 20 |
| 2013 | #2,108 | 90 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #2,095 | 91 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #2,511 | 72 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #2,514 | 73 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2009 | #2,005 | 103 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #2,511 | 75 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #3,125 | 55 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,396 | 78 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,787 | 59 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,033 | 51 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,043 | 49 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,196 | 44 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,940 | 32 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | — | |
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| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | — | |
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| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1970
The first year at least five girls were named Dream! It came in at #7,070, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1992, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Dream is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Louisiana#152 · 1 in 606
- Alabama#166 · 1 in 705
- Georgia#190 · 1 in 822
- Arkansas#208 · 1 in 757
- Mississippi#218 · 1 in 742
Best ever in a state: #46 in District of Columbia, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #152 | 27 | 1 in 606 |
| Alabama | #166 | 26 | 1 in 705 |
| Georgia | #190 | 55 | 1 in 822 |
| Arkansas | #208 | 14 | 1 in 757 |
| Mississippi | #218 | 12 | 1 in 742 |
| Michigan | #219 | 41 | 1 in 871 |
| Maryland | #234 | 22 | 1 in 908 |
| South Carolina | #265 | 19 | 1 in 963 |
| Illinois | #268 | 39 | 1 in 1,137 |
| Ohio | #276 | 40 | 1 in 1,182 |
| Nevada | #292 | 9 | 1 in 1,022 |
| Florida | #321 | 57 | 1 in 1,522 |
| Connecticut | #350 | 8 | 1 in 1,438 |
| Virginia | #359 | 22 | 1 in 1,534 |
| North Carolina | #360 | 30 | 1 in 1,549 |
| Indiana | #377 | 18 | 1 in 1,550 |
| Missouri | #386 | 15 | 1 in 1,620 |
| Tennessee | #432 | 18 | 1 in 1,782 |
| New York | #442 | 39 | 1 in 2,008 |
| New Jersey | #447 | 17 | 1 in 2,088 |
| Pennsylvania | #466 | 22 | 1 in 2,122 |
| Wisconsin | #518 | 9 | 1 in 2,251 |
| Minnesota | #540 | 9 | 1 in 2,387 |
| California | #548 | 59 | 1 in 2,741 |
| Texas | #649 | 47 | 1 in 3,416 |
| Arizona | #676 | 9 | 1 in 3,135 |
| Colorado | #789 | 6 | 1 in 3,888 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dream
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 28 spots since 2020 (#404 → #432)
- 1,580 spots since 2015 (#2,012 → #432)
- Biggest jump: 842 spots in 2017
- Biggest drop: 65 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · girls
52 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2022 at #335 (959 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,710
- Highest: 1 in 1,710 girls born in 2022 were named Dream (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,239 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 65.8% of all girls named Dream (5,110) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #7,070 (1970) | #7,070 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 47 | #7,716 (1999) | #9,081 |
| 2000s | 564 | #2,005 (2009) | #3,197 |
| 2010s | 2,044 | #526 (2019) | #1,697 |
| 2020s | 5,110 | #335 (2022) | #371 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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