December is a rare girls' name that peaked in 2012 and has grown less common since.
December is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5,768 for girl births in the United States (and #10,026 across all names), given to 21 babies. December was first reported in SSA data in 1960 and peaked in 2012 (46 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | #5,768 | — |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | #5,191 | — |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | #4,385 | — |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | #4,312 | #12,785 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | #3,951 | — |
| 2020 | 35 | 35 | #4,032 | — |
| 2019 | 30 | 30 | #4,573 | — |
| 2018 | 34 | 34 | #4,173 | — |
| 2017 | 34 | 34 | #4,241 | — |
| 2016 | 38 | 38 | #4,449 | #11,049 |
| 2015 | 40 | 40 | #3,787 | — |
| 2014 | 43 | 43 | #3,603 | — |
| 2013 | 33 | 33 | #4,353 | — |
| 2012 | 46 | 46 | #3,482 | — |
| 2011 | 34 | 34 | #4,272 | — |
| 2010 | 31 | 31 | #4,638 | — |
| 2009 | 45 | 45 | #3,579 | — |
| 2008 | 36 | 36 | #4,291 | — |
| 2007 | 32 | 32 | #4,590 | — |
| 2006 | 29 | 29 | #4,856 | — |
| 2005 | 31 | 31 | #4,400 | — |
| 2004 | 35 | 35 | #4,016 | — |
| 2003 | 30 | 30 | #4,335 | — |
| 2002 | 27 | 27 | #4,529 | — |
| 2001 | 28 | 28 | #4,349 | — |
| 2000 | 27 | 27 | #4,441 | — |
| 1999 | 32 | 32 | #3,734 | — |
| 1998 | 34 | 34 | #3,510 | — |
| 1997 | 42 | — | #2,892 | — |
| 1996 | 33 | — | #3,447 | — |
| 1995 | 40 | — | #2,937 | — |
| 1994 | 25 | — | #4,149 | — |
| 1993 | 24 | — | #4,288 | — |
| 1992 | 25 | — | #4,116 | — |
| 1991 | 24 | — | #4,236 | — |
| 1990 | 20 | — | #4,736 | — |
| 1989 | 26 | — | #3,809 | — |
| 1988 | 24 | — | #3,821 | — |
| 1987 | 18 | — | #4,510 | — |
| 1986 | 34 | — | #2,792 | — |
| 1985 | 16 | — | #4,678 | — |
| 1984 | 22 | — | #3,633 | — |
| 1983 | 17 | — | #4,322 | — |
| 1982 | 17 | — | #4,385 | — |
| 1981 | 25 | — | #3,361 | — |
| 1980 | 26 | — | #3,238 | — |
| 1979 | 32 | — | #2,736 | — |
| 1978 | 26 | — | #3,023 | — |
| 1977 | 24 | — | #3,193 | — |
| 1976 | 20 | — | #3,430 | — |
| 1975 | 19 | — | #3,532 | — |
| 1974 | 17 | — | #3,731 | — |
| 1973 | 10 | — | #5,263 | — |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #6,713 | — |
| 1970 | 5 | — | #8,262 | — |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #7,724 | — |
| 1968 | 8 | — | #5,245 | — |
| 1967 | 6 | — | #6,192 | — |
| 1966 | 7 | — | #5,393 | — |
| 1965 | 8 | — | #4,932 | — |
| 1964 | 11 | — | #4,150 | — |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #4,981 | — |
| 1961 | 6 | — | #5,987 | — |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #6,569 | — |