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.

Altus

#16,727 most common boys' name of all time · #43,697 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–1966

Rank among boys
#16,727
Rank overall
#43,697 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
82
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1928 #3,026
Best rank
#3,026 1928
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
192019401960

Altus first appears in 1915. 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
1966 — 5 5 #4,187
1960 — 5 5 #4,284
1943 — 5 5 #3,838
1939 — 5 5 #3,766
1936 — 5 5 #3,855
1933 — 5 5 #3,934
1928 — 9 9 #3,026
1927 — 8 8 #3,361
1925 — 7 7 #3,625
1923 — 7 7 #3,700
1920 — 6 6 #4,083
1918 — 8 8 #3,291
1915 — 7 7 #3,314