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.

Arif

#5,888 most common boys' name of all time · #14,663 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1968–2025

Rank among boys
#5,888
Rank overall
#14,663 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
714
Since 2016
114
Peak year
2007 #4,543
Best rank
#2,805 1976
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
198020002020

Arif first appears in 1968. 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 — 10 10 #7,805
2024 — 15 15 #5,969
2023 — 14 14 #6,297
2022 — 13 13 #6,562
2021 — 9 9 #8,321
2020 — 9 9 #8,211
2019 — 13 13 #6,509
2018 — 14 14 #6,124
2017 — 7 7 #9,928
2016 — 10 10 #7,742
2015 — 12 12 #6,775
2014 — 13 13 #6,401
2013 — 10 10 #7,686
2012 — 16 16 #5,553
2011 — 10 10 #7,643
2010 — 7 7 #9,926
2009 — 12 12 #6,926
2008 — 15 15 #5,860
2007 — 21 21 #4,543
2006 — 16 16 #5,370
2005 — 12 12 #6,339
2004 — 16 16 #5,096
2003 — 17 17 #4,693
2002 — 17 17 #4,570
2001 — 17 17 #4,547
2000 — 16 16 #4,648
1999 — 17 17 #4,253
1998 — 17 17 #4,098
1997 — 17 17 #3,954
1996 — 13 13 #4,710
1995 — 14 14 #4,387
1994 — 14 14 #4,399
1993 — 15 15 #4,109
1992 — 9 9 #5,842
1991 — 18 18 #3,410
1990 — 15 15 #3,881
1989 — 14 14 #3,933
1988 — 14 14 #3,633
1987 — 18 18 #2,911
1986 — 16 16 #3,086
1985 — 11 11 #3,960
1984 — 11 11 #3,838
1983 — 16 16 #2,879
1982 — 13 13 #3,412
1981 — 10 10 #4,047
1980 — 14 14 #3,216
1979 — 7 7 #5,139
1978 — 14 14 #3,042
1977 — 10 10 #3,772
1976 — 15 15 #2,805
1975 — 7 7 #4,651
1974 — 10 10 #3,513
1973 — 9 9 #3,635
1969 — 7 7 #3,910
1968 — 8 8 #3,362