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.

Alter

#7,983 most common boys' name of all time · #20,097 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#7,983
Rank overall
#20,097 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
426
Since 2016
86
Peak year
2012 #4,553
Best rank
#3,409 1958
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
192019401960198020002020

Alter first appears in 1914. 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
2025 — 15 15 #5,903
2023 — 10 10 #7,791
2022 — 11 11 #7,299
2021 — 11 11 #7,125
2020 — 7 7 #9,631
2019 — 9 9 #8,273
2018 — 9 9 #8,219
2017 — 9 9 #8,209
2016 — 5 5 #12,318
2015 — 10 10 #7,557
2014 — 11 11 #7,100
2013 — 11 11 #7,069
2012 — 21 21 #4,553
2011 — 12 12 #6,618
2010 — 7 7 #9,788
2009 — 10 10 #7,760
2008 — 14 14 #6,107
2007 — 7 7 #9,891
2006 — 12 12 #6,510
2005 — 12 12 #6,268
2004 — 13 13 #5,843
2003 — 7 7 #8,725
2002 — 10 10 #6,583
2001 — 12 12 #5,710
2000 — 10 10 #6,384
1999 — 5 5 #10,062
1998 — 5 5 #9,775
1997 — 5 5 #9,390
1996 — 10 10 #5,603
1995 — 7 7 #7,085
1993 — 5 5 #8,856
1992 — 5 5 #8,588
1985 — 8 8 #4,794
1984 — 9 9 #4,290
1982 — 5 5 #6,555
1981 — 5 5 #6,460
1980 — 5 5 #6,429
1978 — 5 5 #5,949
1976 — 6 6 #5,099
1968 — 5 5 #4,333
1959 — 5 5 #4,209
1958 — 7 7 #3,409
1948 — 5 5 #3,910
1933 — 6 6 #3,492
1930 — 5 5 #4,220
1922 5 7 12 #3,696
1921 6 — 6 —
1920 — 6 6 #4,006
1919 — 7 7 #3,589
1915 — 5 5 #4,060
1914 7 — 7 —