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.

Argyle*

#13,595 most common boys' name of all time · #35,113 across all names · 83% male / 17% female · used 1912–1950 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#13,595
Rank overall
#35,113 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
20 of 146
All-time
142
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1929 #3,115
Best rank
#2,567 1922
Girls Boys peak 17/yr
19201940

Argyle first appears in 1912. 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
1950 7 7 #3,158
1947 6 6 #3,528
1943 7 7 #3,085
1938 6 6 #3,353
1936 5 5 #3,741
1934 6 6 #3,443
1931 5 5 #3,954
1930 5 5 #4,167
1929 9 8 17 #3,115
1928 6 6 #3,845
1926 8 8
1923 5 5 #4,424
1922 12 12 #2,567
1921 7 5 12 #4,472
1919 7 7 #3,531
1917 8 8 #3,081
1916 5 5 #4,084
1915 5 5 #3,981
1914 5 5 #3,453
1912 5 5 #2,728