Girls' name · since 1889
Signa
Signa has 411 recorded births since 1889 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,304 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 411
- born since 1889
- 1910s
- peak decade
Signa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 411 recorded since 1889.
Social Security Administration records show Signa recorded 411 times among girls since 1889, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1889 to 1993.
- #13,304 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 411 born since 1889
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Signa ranks #13,304 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 411 born since 1889, peaking in the 1910s.
- #13,304 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 411
- born since 1889
- 1910s
- peak decade
Signa's 411 recorded births place it above 81.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Signa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Signa's full recorded timeline at 1920, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1889, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1916 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Signa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1889–1993
- Peak year (1916)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Signa by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (100 births, 24% of the file).
1910s was Signa's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Signa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s
1890s
78 births
- 1900s 37
1900s
37 births
- 1910s
1910s
100 births
- 1920s
1920s
65 births
- 1930s 31
1930s
31 births
- 1940s 32
1940s
32 births
- 1950s
1950s
51 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 100 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Signa's decade-level peak was the 1910s (100 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- 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.
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Similar record span (~104 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, 1889–1993 (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 Signa 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.