Girls' name · since 1945
Tuesday
2,571 babies named Tuesday in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1966. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,969 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,601 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,571
- born since 1945
- 1970s
- peak decade
2,571 babies have been named Tuesday since 1945, making it today's #6601 girls' name.
Tuesday has 2,571 recorded births among girls since 1945, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6601 as of the latest data, more common than 62% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2025.
- #3,969 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,601 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,571 born since 1945
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tuesday ranks #3,969 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,601 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,571 born since 1945, peaking in the 1970s.
- #3,969 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,601 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,571
- born since 1945
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tuesday's 2,571 recorded births place it above 94.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Tuesday compares
2,571 Top 20% higher than 80% of 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
Tuesday's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tuesday | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,571 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 74 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tuesday's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tuesday splits its recorded history at 1992: 34% of all births land in the more recent half, 66% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1945 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1966 peak of 74 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tuesday popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2025
- Peak year (1966)
- 74
- Annual births at peak, across 81 years of records
Tuesday by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (593 births, 23% of the file).
1970s was Tuesday's strongest decade.
593 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Tuesday births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 13
1950s
13 births
- 1960s
1960s
543 births
- 1970s
1970s
593 births
- 1980s
1980s
456 births
- 1990s
1990s
387 births
- 2000s
2000s
267 births
- 2010s 221
2010s
221 births
- 2020s 86
2020s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 593 births (23% of all-time use).
How Tuesday compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Tuesday's total volume
Tuesday by state
Where Tuesday concentrates geographically, total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 223 | 8.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 79 | 3.1% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 36 | 1.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 25 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 22 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 21 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 20 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.4% |
223 of 2,571 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Tuesday appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tuesday's data
- Tuesday's decade-level peak was the 1970s (593 total births); usage has since declined to 86 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tuesdays (223 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Tuesday
Nearby Names Like Tuesday
Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Tuesday
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Tuesday
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tuesday: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1966)
Similar record span (~80 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, 1945–2025 (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 Tuesday 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.