Signa — girls' name
411 babies named Signa in U.S. Social Security records since 1889, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Signa was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Signa in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Signa
The Social Security Administration has registered 411 babies named Signa between 1889 and 1993, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Signa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Signa performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Signa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Signa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 411 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Signa at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Signa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1889
- Peak year (1916)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
411 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 14 births in a single year.
Signa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 100 births that decade — 24% of Signa's all-time total
Signa decade highlights
- Peak decade 100 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Signa's strongest decade
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1889–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.