Exa
- Last seen for girls in 1953 at #5,040
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 466since 1881
Exa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Exa has never cracked the top 800 here.
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.
Show data table
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| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
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| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
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| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 |
| 1918 | #1,497 | 28 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
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| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | #950 | 11 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 |
| 1891 | #943 | 9 |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 |
| 1887 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five girls were named Exa! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Exa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Exa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Exa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1953
- Biggest jump: 487 spots in 1894
- Biggest drop: 476 spots in 1895
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #830 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1881–1897
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,391
- Highest: 1 in 18,391 girls born in 1881 were named Exa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 313,550 girls born in 1953 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 30.0% of all girls named Exa (140) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1880s | 17 | #830 (1881) | #1,048 |
| 1890s | 85 | #931 (1897) | #1,127 |
| 1900s | 55 | #1,053 (1900) | #1,359 |
| 1910s | 140 | #1,421 (1912) | #1,968 |
| 1920s | 114 | #2,079 (1920) | #3,101 |
| 1930s | 38 | #3,159 (1934) | #3,791 |
| 1940s | 11 | #4,025 (1945) | #4,493 |
| 1950s | 6 | #5,040 (1953) | #5,040 |
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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