Girls' name · since 2013
Happiness
Since 2013, U.S. Social Security records show 118 babies named Happiness, peaking in 2019. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,301 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,433 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 118
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
118 babies have been named Happiness since 2013, making it today's #14433 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Happiness has been recorded 118 times among girls since 2013, currently ranked #14433 nationally and more common than 17% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #25,301 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,433 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 118 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Happiness ranks #25,301 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,433 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 118 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,301 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,433 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 118
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Happiness's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Happiness compares
118 28th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Happiness's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Happiness | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 118 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Happiness's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Happiness's SSA record in two at 2020 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 2023, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Happiness popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Happiness by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (59 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Happiness's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Happiness births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
- 2020s
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 59 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Happiness's data
- Happiness's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (59 total births) through the 2020s (59) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Happiness: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~12 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, 2013–2025 (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 Happiness 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.