Girls' name · since 1913
Signora
90 babies named Signora in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,358 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 90
- born since 1913
- 1910s
- peak decade
Signora sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 90 recorded since 1913.
Signora has 90 recorded births among girls since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1971.
- #28,358 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 90 born since 1913
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Signora ranks #28,358 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 90 born since 1913, peaking in the 1910s.
- #28,358 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 90
- born since 1913
- 1910s
- peak decade
Signora's 90 recorded births place it above 60.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Signora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Signora's SSA record in two at 1925 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1913, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1916 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Signora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1971
- Peak year (1916)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Signora by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (37 births, 41% of the file).
1910s was Signora's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Signora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
37 births
- 1920s
1920s
33 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 37 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Signora's decade-level peak was the 1910s (37 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Signora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1913–1971 (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 Signora 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.