Girls' name · since 2004
Tsunami
Tsunami has 38 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #38,338 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,100 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tsunami currently ranks #16100 among girls' names in America, with 38 babies recorded since 2004.
Social Security Administration records show Tsunami recorded 38 times among girls since 2004, holding rank #16100 nationally today, ahead of 7% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #38,338 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,100 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 38 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tsunami ranks #38,338 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,100 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 38 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #38,338 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,100 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tsunami's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Tsunami compares
38 13th 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
Tsunami's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tsunami | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 38 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tsunami's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tsunami's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tsunami popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Tsunami by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (26 births, 68% of the file).
2020s was Tsunami's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Tsunami births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 26 births (68% of all-time use).
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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, 2004–2025 (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 Tsunami 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.