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For American babies born in 2012: 12 girls named Spring, 1762 girls named Summer (and 5 boys), 3745 girls named Autumn (and 8 boys), and 354 girls named Winter (and 33 boys). 26 girls named January, 778 girls named April, 106 girls named May, 710 girls named June (and 12 boys), 18 girls named July (and 8 boys), 936 boys named August (and 130 girls), 23 girls named September, 56 girls named October, 33 girls named November, and 46 girls named December. Nobody named their baby February or March. Only girls were named after days of the week, as follows: 38 named Sunday, 28 named Tuesday, and 31 named Wednesday. Nobody named their kid Monday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.

I am coining the term golden name

I like random lists, so I decided to make a list of the names that have the number of babies born that year that match the year. That's hard to comprehend, maybe. For example, if the year were 2015 and 2015 baby girls born that year were named Trixie, Trixie would be a golden name for that year. All data comes from the SSA Baby Names website and applies to U.S. births. Girls 1907 - Minnie 1930 - Janice 1960 - Tracey 1966 - Jeanette 1997 - Selena Boys 1916 - Oscar 1923 - Arnold 1928 - Jimmie 1934 - Harvey 1949 - Vernon 1954 - Jackie 1998 - Gage