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.

Ananias

#4,933 most common boys' name of all time · #12,177 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1883–2025

Rank among boys
#4,933
Rank overall
#12,177 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
80 of 146
All-time
961
Since 2016
376
Peak year
2025 #2,455
Best rank
#985 1883
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 55/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ananias first appears in 1883. 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 — 55 55 #2,455
2024 — 48 48 #2,720
2023 — 41 41 #3,009
2022 — 35 35 #3,348
2021 — 36 36 #3,245
2020 — 40 40 #2,929
2019 — 41 41 #2,948
2018 — 32 32 #3,449
2017 — 12 12 #6,704
2016 — 36 36 #3,166
2015 — 27 27 #3,888
2014 — 21 21 #4,552
2013 — 17 17 #5,182
2012 — 17 17 #5,269
2011 — 13 13 #6,270
2010 — 9 9 #8,166
2009 — 14 14 #6,112
2008 — 12 12 #6,780
2007 — 17 17 #5,219
2006 — 15 15 #5,527
2005 — 8 8 #8,333
2004 — 10 10 #7,001
2003 — 9 9 #7,269
2002 — 11 11 #6,106
2001 — 8 8 #7,573
2000 — 13 13 #5,314
1999 — 6 6 #8,739
1998 — 6 6 #8,513
1997 — 6 6 #8,155
1996 — 8 8 #6,520
1994 — 6 6 #7,812
1992 — 8 8 #6,164
1990 — 7 7 #6,458
1989 — 7 7 #6,269
1986 — 5 5 #6,796
1985 — 6 6 #5,821
1983 — 5 5 #6,300
1981 — 5 5 #6,327
1980 — 5 5 #6,322
1979 — 8 8 #4,440
1977 — 6 6 #5,165
1976 — 5 5 #5,657
1973 — 5 5 #5,162
1971 — 6 6 #4,419
1961 — 7 7 #3,398
1959 — 6 6 #3,665
1955 — 7 7 #3,242
1953 — 7 7 #3,186
1951 — 12 12 #2,272
1950 — 6 6 #3,382
1948 — 5 5 #3,736
1947 — 6 6 #3,417
1944 — 7 7 #2,903
1943 — 5 5 #3,599
1940 — 6 6 #3,182
1939 — 8 8 #2,648
1938 — 9 9 #2,514
1937 — 5 5 #3,579
1936 — 5 5 #3,616
1935 — 7 7 #2,998
1933 — 6 6 #3,321
1932 — 7 7 #3,136
1931 — 6 6 #3,432
1930 — 10 10 #2,642
1929 — 6 6 #3,599
1928 — 13 13 #2,306
1926 — 9 9 #2,935
1924 — 8 8 #3,293
1923 — 6 6 #3,862
1922 — 9 9 #3,057
1921 — 8 8 #3,247
1919 — 9 9 #2,911
1915 — 5 5 #3,874
1913 — 10 10 #1,845
1912 — 5 5 #2,590
1910 — 7 7 #1,364
1904 — 5 5 #1,299
1900 — 7 7 #1,111
1889 — 5 5 #1,072
1883 — 5 5 #985