How Many Of
Me Are There?

Find Out How Many People Have Your Name in the US

Most people guess how common their name is from the few people they've met who share it. The data usually tells a different story. Type a first name in the search box and its page shows:

• about how many people with the name are alive in the US today, and 1 in how many people that is
• its rank among all names and its rarity tier
• how many babies got the name in each year from 1880 to 2025, its peak year and whether it is rising or falling
• how it splits between women and men, and how old the people who have it are
• the states where those people were born
• its meaning, origin and pronunciation where available, and related names

How Rare Is My Name?

Rarity depends on how many people alive in the US have the name. Each name page puts the name in one of five tiers:

So most names are rare: 98% of the 105,943 names on the site are Very Rare, and only 26 names belong to more than a million people each. A name that feels unusual where you live can still be shared by thousands of people across the country.

Births Are Not the Same as People Alive

A name's total births since 1880 overstate how many people have it today, because many of the people born with it have died. That is why the site estimates the people alive instead of adding up births:

• James was given to more babies than any other name in the records, 5,274,520 since 1880. Michael has fewer births but more people alive, about 3,595,413, because most Michaels were born after 1950.
• Jennifer was the most popular girls' name every year from 1970 to 1984. Only 501 girls were named Jennifer in 2025, yet about 1,394,097 Jennifers are alive, most of them now in their 40s and 50s.

How to Use the Name Checker

1. Type a first name in the search box. Suggestions appear after two letters.
2. Pick a suggestion or press "Check Uniqueness" to open the name's page.
3. Compare names: each page links to related names and spellings, and the letter pages list every name by how many people have it.
4. Share a result: the Share button on a name page shares a link to that page.

Where the Name Data Comes From

The estimates combine three public sources: the Social Security Administration's baby name records (national and by state, for births from 1880 to 2025), the cohort life tables of the 2024 Social Security Trustees Report, which give the share of each birth year still alive, and the Census Bureau's estimate of the US population on July 1, 2025 (341,784,857). Name meanings come from Behind the Name. The methodology page works through the calculation step by step for Emma.

What the Numbers Can't Tell You

• People born outside the US aren't in the birth records, so names common among immigrants are undercounted.
• Very rare names are missing in any year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex received them.
• Spellings are separate names: Sophia and Sofia, or Katherine and Catherine, each have their own page.
• Last names aren't covered; the records list first names only.
• The figures are estimates, not a count of real people. The site holds no records about individuals.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many people have my name in the US?

Type the name in the search box. Its page estimates how many people with that first name are alive in the United States today, from Social Security birth records for every year from 1880 to 2025 and the share of each birth year still alive. Michael has the most: about 3,595,413 people, or 1 in 95.

How rare is my name?

Each name page gives a "1 in N" figure (the US population divided by the estimate) and a rarity tier, from Very Common (more than 1,000,000 people) to Very Rare (10,000 or fewer). Most names are rare: 98% of the 105,943 names on the site are Very Rare.

Can I search last names?

Not yet. The site covers first names only, because the Social Security records it uses list first names.

Why doesn't my name have a page?

To protect privacy, Social Security lists a name only in years when at least 5 babies of the same sex received it, so some rare names and spellings never appear. Try the most common spelling. If a name was given only long ago, its page says that almost no one with it is still alive.

How accurate are the estimates?

They are estimates, not a headcount; no agency counts living people by name. They work best for names given mostly to people born in the US since the 1940s. People born abroad aren't in the birth records, so names common among immigrants are undercounted, and the records are thinner for people born before 1937.

Are different spellings counted together?

No. Each spelling is its own name, as in the Social Security records. Sophia has about 418,384 people alive and Sofia about 183,367, on separate pages.

Is my search private?

There are no accounts, and we don't save the names you search. Like any website, the server keeps standard logs of the pages opened; the privacy policy explains them.

How many people have my name in the world?

The site covers the United States only. There is no single worldwide record of names; other countries publish their own name statistics, and many publish none.

Is How Many of Mee free?

Yes. It is free, with no account or sign-up.