Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Algernon

#4,850 most common boys' name of all time · #11,986 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1886–2016

Rank among boys
#4,850
Rank overall
#11,986 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
90 of 146
All-time
985
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1972 #1,617
Best rank
#1,075 1886
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
190019201940196019802000

Algernon first appears in 1886. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2016 — 5 5 #12,241
2015 — 5 5 #12,134
2014 — 8 8 #8,806
2010 — 9 9 #8,173
2009 — 5 5 #12,565
2007 — 9 9 #8,207
2006 — 6 6 #10,713
2002 — 5 5 #10,728
2001 — 7 7 #8,388
2000 — 5 5 #10,405
1999 — 7 7 #7,918
1997 — 12 12 #4,987
1995 — 8 8 #6,441
1994 — 6 6 #7,818
1993 — 16 16 #3,840
1992 — 14 14 #4,129
1991 — 18 18 #3,346
1990 — 19 19 #3,185
1989 — 18 18 #3,222
1988 — 21 21 #2,695
1987 — 21 21 #2,576
1986 — 15 15 #3,149
1985 — 12 12 #3,627
1984 — 12 12 #3,488
1983 — 10 10 #3,905
1982 — 14 14 #3,137
1981 — 12 12 #3,443
1980 — 21 21 #2,379
1979 — 18 18 #2,581
1978 — 17 17 #2,585
1977 — 17 17 #2,581
1976 — 9 9 #3,771
1975 — 26 26 #1,845
1974 — 22 22 #1,997
1973 — 18 18 #2,234
1972 — 29 29 #1,617
1971 — 28 28 #1,680
1970 — 15 15 #2,424
1969 — 15 15 #2,241
1968 — 18 18 #1,912
1967 — 10 10 #2,641
1966 — 14 14 #2,156
1965 — 11 11 #2,505
1964 — 9 9 #2,897
1963 — 6 6 #3,719
1961 — 8 8 #3,138
1960 — 11 11 #2,573
1959 — 16 16 #2,054
1958 — 10 10 #2,676
1957 — 10 10 #2,670
1956 — 8 8 #3,015
1955 — 10 10 #2,605
1954 — 9 9 #2,790
1953 — 10 10 #2,571
1952 — 7 7 #3,142
1951 — 13 13 #2,167
1950 — 7 7 #3,077
1949 — 11 11 #2,369
1948 — 10 10 #2,488
1947 — 8 8 #2,913
1942 — 6 6 #3,271
1941 — 6 6 #3,198
1940 — 5 5 #3,526
1939 — 5 5 #3,563
1938 — 6 6 #3,239
1937 — 7 7 #2,968
1936 — 8 8 #2,674
1934 — 7 7 #3,031
1933 — 6 6 #3,331
1932 — 9 9 #2,688
1930 — 8 8 #3,070
1929 — 6 6 #3,613
1928 — 5 5 #4,219
1927 — 5 5 #4,274
1926 — 7 7 #3,419
1925 — 8 8 #3,194
1924 — 8 8 #3,300
1923 — 13 13 #2,355
1922 — 12 12 #2,510
1921 — 10 10 #2,849
1920 — 8 8 #3,248
1919 — 6 6 #3,787
1918 — 7 7 #3,419
1917 — 10 10 #2,602
1916 — 11 11 #2,438
1915 — 9 9 #2,671
1914 — 13 13 #1,809
1913 — 10 10 #1,863
1912 — 9 9 #1,797
1886 — 5 5 #1,075