Posey

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Peak · girls
#3,033
2022 · 54 births
Debut · girls
1922
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
599
since 1922

Posey over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #878, 1889girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#3,38945—
2024#3,27748—
2023#3,32948—
2022#3,03354—
2021#3,15751—
2020#3,22148—
2019#4,43731—
2018#4,35732—
2017#4,38432—
2016#3,99637—
2015#3,70541—
2014#4,54431—
2013#5,14326—
2012#7,14417—
2011#11,1819—
2010#11,2469—
2009#9,37912—
2008#9,47612—
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1956—#2,9698
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1954#5,7535—
1953—#3,4256
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1951—#2,8448
1950—#3,0217
1949—#3,6905
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1947—#3,0967
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1945—#2,00912
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1942—#3,5605
1941—#1,90314
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1939—#2,28810
1938—#2,8687
1937—#2,4799
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1935—#2,7198
1934—#2,7428
1933—#2,36810
1932—#3,7765
1931—#2,32811
1930—#2,60910
1929—#3,2477
1928—#2,52211
1927—#2,52311
1926—#3,3857
1925—#3,4087
1924—#2,04316
1923#4,9675#2,44612
1922#4,4456#2,63011
1921—#1,98017
1920—#1,96617
1919—#1,88217
1918—#1,90517
1917—#2,56210
1916—#1,77117
1915—#2,18412
1914—#1,86812
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First appearance
1922

The first year at least five girls were named Posey! It came in at #4,445, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1923–2007, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Posey is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #3,095 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 32,345 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedHITexas: #2,636 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 22,935 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Posey, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#2,636 · 1 in 22,935
  2. California#3,095 · 1 in 32,345

Best ever in a state: #631 in Utah, 2021.

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California#3,09551 in 32,345
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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.

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See more about Posey
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 168 spots since 2020 (#3,221 → #3,389)
  • 316 spots since 2015 (#3,705 → #3,389)
Rise & fade · girls
100 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1922
  • Peaked 2022 at #3,033 (54 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 30,373
  • Highest: 1 in 30,373 girls born in 2022 were named Posey (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 35,717 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 49.1% of all girls named Posey (294) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2008
  • Mostly boys until 2007, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s11#4,445 (1922)#4,706
1930s0——
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1950s5#5,753 (1954)#5,753
1960s0——
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2000s24#9,379 (2009)#9,428
2010s265#3,705 (2015)#6,014
2020s294#3,033 (2022)#3,234

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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