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December
OriginEnglish word name
Meaning"tenth month"
GenderBoy & girl
US Rank
Girls#5768
2025 SSA
BoysUnranked
Below 5 births
About December
Although this month name was used only for girls in a recent year, there's no reason it can't work for both genders. For a holiday baby, more original than Noel and more universal than Christmas.
December for girls#5768 US
Cooler than April, May, or June, but also a tad icy. December gets its name from the number ten as the old Roman calendar only had ten months, and as now, December was the last.
Pronounced duh-SEM-bur.
As of October 2026, December ranked #12779 for boys in US births in 2022 and #5768 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #11048 for boys in 2016 and #2735 for girls in 1979.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,603 | 43 | 24.1 |
| 2015 | #3,787 | 40 | 22.4 |
| 2016 | #4,449 | 32 | 18.1 |
| 2017 | #4,236 | 34 | 19.7 |
| 2018 | #4,173 | 34 | 20 |
| 2019 | #4,572 | 30 | 17.9 |
| 2020 | #4,030 | 35 | 21.7 |
| 2021 | #3,950 | 37 | 22.5 |
| 2022 | #4,397 | 32 | 19.5 |
| 2023 | #4,383 | 32 | 19.9 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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