Girls' name · since 2012
Eponine
Since 2012, U.S. Social Security records show 50 babies named Eponine, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,998 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 50
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Eponine is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 50 have been recorded since 2012.
Eponine has 50 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2021.
- #34,998 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 50 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eponine ranks #34,998 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 50 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #34,998 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 50
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Eponine's 50 recorded births place it above 51.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Eponine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Eponine's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2019, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Eponine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2021
- Peak year (2014)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2021.
50 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 12 births in a single year.
Eponine by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (45 births, 90% of the file).
2010s was Eponine's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 90% of all-time use.
Eponine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
45 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 45 births (90% of all-time use).
Eponine decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Eponine's data
- Eponine's decade-level peak was the 2010s (45 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Eponine
Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Eponine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~9 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2012–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Eponine draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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