Little
Little was last recorded in 2017, when 5 babies were given it; 1,791 Americans have been recorded with it between 1883 and 2017 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Little by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Little?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #13,479, in 2017; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
41 babies in 1975, the peak
Little peaked in 1975, when 41 babies were given it (32 boys, #1,611 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | under 5 | 5 | #13,479 | |
| 2015 | under 5 | 5 | #13,260 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 8 | #8,609 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 6 | #9,827 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 7 | #8,100 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 8 | #7,008 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 13 | #4,777 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 15 | #4,180 | |
| 1994 | 5 | #14,752 | 10 | #5,722 |
| 1993 | under 5 | 8 | #6,593 |
Every recorded year (101)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | under 5 | 15 | #4,024 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 8 | #6,282 | |
| 1990 | 5 | #14,256 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1989 | 5 | #13,611 | 17 | #3,388 |
| 1988 | under 5 | 8 | #5,510 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 14 | #3,364 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 13 | #3,526 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 15 | #3,042 | |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,698 | 15 | #3,015 |
| 1982 | under 5 | 22 | #2,310 | |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,642 | 18 | #2,635 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,571 | 23 | #2,255 |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,166 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1978 | under 5 | 17 | #2,619 | |
| 1977 | 6 | #9,125 | 25 | #1,978 |
| 1976 | under 5 | 23 | #2,089 | |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,227 | 32 | #1,611 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,582 | 29 | #1,679 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,979 | 28 | #1,682 |
| 1972 | 5 | #9,021 | 26 | #1,749 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,346 | 29 | #1,653 |
| 1970 | under 5 | 17 | #2,256 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 20 | #1,893 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 29 | #1,468 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 20 | #1,793 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 16 | #2,013 | |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,092 | 27 | #1,499 |
| 1964 | under 5 | 14 | #2,269 | |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,177 | 20 | #1,813 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,134 | 21 | #1,786 |
| 1961 | 6 | #6,251 | 25 | #1,622 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,993 | 18 | #1,950 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,848 | 28 | #1,517 |
| 1958 | under 5 | 12 | #2,452 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 21 | #1,771 | |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,662 | 15 | #2,136 |
| 1955 | under 5 | 14 | #2,188 | |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,234 | 16 | #2,014 |
| 1953 | under 5 | 21 | #1,696 | |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,251 | 16 | #1,983 |
| 1951 | under 5 | 16 | #1,945 | |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,751 | 8 | #2,928 |
| 1949 | under 5 | 15 | #1,994 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 19 | #1,742 | |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,579 | 21 | #1,683 |
| 1946 | under 5 | 18 | #1,728 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 13 | #1,981 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 10 | #2,405 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 18 | #1,742 | |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,389 | 19 | #1,659 |
| 1941 | under 5 | 13 | #2,053 | |
| 1940 | 6 | #4,133 | 15 | #1,858 |
| 1939 | under 5 | 11 | #2,245 | |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,698 | 10 | #2,418 |
| 1937 | under 5 | 20 | #1,562 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 16 | #1,764 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 13 | #2,093 | |
| 1934 | 6 | #4,089 | 12 | #2,199 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,580 | 16 | #1,802 |
| 1932 | under 5 | 7 | #3,250 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 18 | #1,747 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 17 | #1,869 | |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,554 | 17 | #1,900 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,489 | 18 | #1,874 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,256 | 22 | #1,677 |
| 1926 | under 5 | 16 | #2,037 | |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,437 | 21 | #1,718 |
| 1924 | under 5 | 21 | #1,759 | |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,371 | 17 | #1,990 |
| 1922 | under 5 | 23 | #1,621 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 22 | #1,684 | |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,414 | 22 | #1,669 |
| 1919 | under 5 | 22 | #1,605 | |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,248 | 17 | #1,955 |
| 1917 | under 5 | 22 | #1,566 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 14 | #2,104 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 11 | #2,389 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 10 | #2,207 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 10 | #1,889 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 13 | #1,395 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 5 | #1,745 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 10 | #989 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 5 | #1,461 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 5 | #1,342 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 5 | #1,143 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 5 | #1,234 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 8 | #864 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 7 | #913 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 5 | #1,048 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 5 | #1,061 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 5 | #982 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Little a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,791 Americans recorded as Little, 12% are girls and 88% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Little: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Little, and how old are they?
An estimated 987 Americans named Little and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (55% of everyone recorded); the median is 54 years old and half are between 45 and 66. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 2,521 people named Little (1,082 women and girls, 1,439 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,091 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.3 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 2,006 babies since 1880, Little is the most given (89% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Little
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Lorenza | 6,876 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Little and names like it
- Compare Little and LytleBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sLittle peaked in 1975.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Little since 1910.
- The top names of 1975The year the most babies were named Little.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Little alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with LMost given first.