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“tenth month”
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01 / Meaning & origin
December is a unisex given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin -ber via Middle English and Old French, with the stated meaning “tenth month”.
Meaning: “tenth month”
From Middle English December, Decembre, from Old French decembre, from Latin december (“tenth month”), from Latin decem (“ten”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; December was the tenth month in the Roman calendar.
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2025: 21 girls (rank 5722). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: December
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1918 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1919 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1920 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1921 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1922 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1923 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1924 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1925 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1926 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1927 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1928 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1929 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1930 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1931 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1932 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1933 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1934 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1935 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1936 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1942 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | 5 | 6,390 | observed |
| 1961 | 6 | 5,851 | observed |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | 8 | 4,896 | observed |
| 1964 | 11 | 4,096 | observed |
| 1965 | 8 | 4,831 | observed |
| 1966 | 7 | 5,273 | observed |
| 1967 | 6 | 6,042 | observed |
| 1968 | 8 | 5,147 | observed |
| 1969 | 5 | 7,471 | observed |
| 1970 | 5 | 7,995 | observed |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | 7 | 6,558 | observed |
| 1973 | 10 | 5,191 | observed |
| 1974 | 17 | 3,695 | observed |
| 1975 | 19 | 3,514 | observed |
| 1976 | 20 | 3,407 | observed |
| 1977 | 24 | 3,176 | observed |
| 1978 | 26 | 3,009 | observed |
| 1979 | 32 | 2,724 | observed |
| 1980 | 26 | 3,215 | observed |
| 1981 | 25 | 3,340 | observed |
| 1982 | 17 | 4,347 | observed |
| 1983 | 17 | 4,286 | observed |
| 1984 | 22 | 3,613 | observed |
| 1985 | 16 | 4,635 | observed |
| 1986 | 34 | 2,779 | observed |
| 1987 | 18 | 4,474 | observed |
| 1988 | 24 | 3,805 | observed |
| 1989 | 26 | 3,784 | observed |
| 1990 | 20 | 4,694 | observed |
| 1991 | 24 | 4,208 | observed |
| 1992 | 25 | 4,088 | observed |
| 1993 | 24 | 4,257 | observed |
| 1994 | 25 | 4,115 | observed |
| 1995 | 40 | 2,932 | observed |
| 1996 | 33 | 3,429 | observed |
| 1997 | 42 | 2,874 | observed |
| 1998 | 34 | 3,497 | observed |
| 1999 | 32 | 3,718 | observed |
| 2000 | 27 | 4,400 | observed |
| 2001 | 28 | 4,321 | observed |
| 2002 | 27 | 4,498 | observed |
| 2003 | 30 | 4,307 | observed |
| 2004 | 35 | 3,989 | observed |
| 2005 | 31 | 4,373 | observed |
| 2006 | 29 | 4,811 | observed |
| 2007 | 32 | 4,567 | observed |
| 2008 | 36 | 4,268 | observed |
| 2009 | 45 | 3,561 | observed |
| 2010 | 31 | 4,608 | observed |
| 2011 | 34 | 4,244 | observed |
| 2012 | 46 | 3,464 | observed |
| 2013 | 33 | 4,336 | observed |
| 2014 | 43 | 3,585 | observed |
| 2015 | 40 | 3,767 | observed |
| 2016 | 32 | 4,423 | observed |
| 2017 | 34 | 4,220 | observed |
| 2018 | 34 | 4,144 | observed |
| 2019 | 30 | 4,546 | observed |
| 2020 | 35 | 4,005 | observed |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,935 | observed |
| 2022 | 33 | 4,295 | observed |
| 2023 | 32 | 4,363 | observed |
| 2024 | 25 | 5,148 | observed |
| 2025 | 21 | 5,722 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “December” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
People on Wikidata whose recorded given name is this item (not necessarily their first name), ordered by number of Wikipedia articles. Their names may use a different spelling.
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
