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.

Ares

#1,286 most common boys' name of all time · #3,086 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1983–2025

Rank among boys
#1,286
Rank overall
#3,086 of 105,966
First appeared
1983
Years on the list
31 of 146
All-time
8,576
Since 2016
6,733
Peak year
2025 #290
Best rank
#290 2025
Girls Boys peak 1,186/yr
20002020

Ares first appears in 1983. 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 29 1,157 1,186 #290
2024 22 1,140 1,162 #295
2023 25 774 799 #414
2022 30 645 675 #481
2021 27 568 595 #517
2020 24 462 486 #597
2019 37 487 524 #574
2018 25 490 515 #562
2017 13 403 416 #643
2016 15 360 375 #688
2015 5 341 346 #724
2014 16 295 311 #783
2013 9 232 241 #900
2012 9 181 190 #1,054
2011 6 119 125 #1,401
2010 110 110 #1,488
2009 92 92 #1,703
2008 73 73 #1,966
2007 72 72 #1,965
2006 59 59 #2,197
2005 34 34 #3,068
2004 31 31 #3,202
2003 35 35 #2,831
2002 18 18 #4,439
2001 19 19 #4,237
2000 16 16 #4,704
1999 22 22 #3,558
1998 26 26 #3,077
1997 12 12 #5,175
1994 6 6 #8,358
1983 5 5 #7,192