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.

Amer

#3,839 most common boys' name of all time · #9,351 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1927–2025

Rank among boys
#3,839
Rank overall
#9,351 of 105,966
First appeared
1927
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
1,450
Since 2016
255
Peak year
2003 #2,187
Best rank
#1,977 1997
Girls Boys peak 50/yr
19401960198020002020

Amer first appears in 1927. 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 — 23 23 #4,424
2024 — 20 20 #4,928
2023 — 27 27 #4,030
2022 — 25 25 #4,210
2021 — 22 22 #4,518
2020 — 22 22 #4,448
2019 — 29 29 #3,733
2018 — 22 22 #4,498
2017 — 36 36 #3,205
2016 — 29 29 #3,701
2015 — 40 40 #2,929
2014 — 25 25 #4,042
2013 — 35 35 #3,143
2012 — 21 21 #4,564
2011 — 32 32 #3,387
2010 — 34 34 #3,254
2009 — 40 40 #2,961
2008 — 28 28 #3,767
2007 — 34 34 #3,260
2006 — 42 42 #2,751
2005 — 31 31 #3,265
2004 — 30 30 #3,238
2003 — 50 50 #2,187
2002 — 43 43 #2,380
2001 — 46 46 #2,223
2000 — 39 39 #2,443
1999 — 46 46 #2,076
1998 — 48 48 #1,991
1997 — 46 46 #1,977
1996 — 35 35 #2,309
1995 — 37 37 #2,188
1994 — 31 31 #2,467
1993 — 39 39 #2,068
1992 — 35 35 #2,196
1991 — 30 30 #2,372
1990 — 30 30 #2,333
1989 — 22 22 #2,825
1988 — 25 25 #2,405
1987 7 19 26 #2,768
1986 5 19 24 #2,723
1985 — 15 15 #3,122
1984 — 16 16 #2,876
1983 — 22 22 #2,305
1982 — 9 9 #4,372
1981 — 10 10 #3,978
1980 — 19 19 #2,578
1979 — 9 9 #4,202
1978 — 10 10 #3,709
1977 — 11 11 #3,501
1976 — 8 8 #4,186
1974 — 7 7 #4,380
1971 — 5 5 #5,237
1968 — 5 5 #4,474
1927 — 5 5 #4,722