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.

Alto*

#6,605 most common boys' name of all time · #16,555 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1881–1991 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#6,605
Rank overall
#16,555 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
592
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1924 #2,664
Best rank
#828 1897
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
19001920194019601980

Alto first appears in 1881. 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
1991 — 5 5 #8,291
1981 — 6 6 #5,513
1976 — 6 6 #4,976
1970 — 7 7 #3,870
1963 — 6 6 #3,695
1962 — 6 6 #3,667
1960 — 5 5 #4,076
1958 — 6 6 #3,602
1957 — 8 8 #3,056
1956 — 8 8 #2,994
1955 — 7 7 #3,231
1953 — 6 6 #3,472
1952 — 6 6 #3,414
1951 — 9 9 #2,690
1950 — 6 6 #3,366
1949 — 10 10 #2,473
1948 — 5 5 #3,718
1946 — 5 5 #3,574
1945 — 8 8 #2,606
1943 — 8 8 #2,770
1942 — 8 8 #2,742
1940 — 11 11 #2,207
1939 — 5 5 #3,535
1938 — 6 6 #3,216
1937 — 6 6 #3,217
1936 — 6 6 #3,190
1935 — 11 11 #2,272
1934 — 10 10 #2,418
1933 — 8 8 #2,772
1932 — 8 8 #2,879
1931 — 7 7 #3,121
1930 — 10 10 #2,635
1929 — 10 10 #2,612
1928 — 8 8 #3,106
1927 — 14 14 #2,216
1926 6 13 19 #2,331
1925 — 15 15 #2,109
1924 10 11 21 #2,664
1923 — 15 15 #2,142
1922 — 12 12 #2,500
1921 — 15 15 #2,167
1920 — 16 16 #2,075
1919 — 20 20 #1,706
1918 — 16 16 #2,015
1917 5 16 21 #1,917
1916 — 17 17 #1,787
1915 — 18 18 #1,668
1914 — 16 16 #1,562
1913 5 7 12 #2,312
1912 — 13 13 #1,371
1911 5 7 12 #1,443
1904 — 6 6 #1,128
1900 — 5 5 #1,372
1899 — 6 6 #1,005
1897 — 8 8 #828
1895 — 8 8 #840
1894 — 5 5 #1,144
1892 — 6 6 #1,010
1890 — 7 7 #859
1889 — 6 6 #931
1887 — 5 5 #1,003
1886 — 6 6 #913
1881 — 5 5 #929