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.

Aristotle

#4,765 most common boys' name of all time · #11,744 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1925–2025

Rank among boys
#4,765
Rank overall
#11,744 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
1,017
Since 2016
234
Peak year
2001 #2,949
Best rank
#2,472 1973
Girls Boys peak 31/yr
19401960198020002020

Aristotle first appears in 1925. 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 — 18 18 #5,240
2024 — 25 25 #4,226
2023 — 19 19 #5,106
2022 — 23 23 #4,470
2021 — 19 19 #4,972
2020 — 19 19 #4,900
2019 — 25 25 #4,141
2018 — 28 28 #3,812
2017 — 27 27 #3,909
2016 — 31 31 #3,538
2015 — 21 21 #4,574
2014 — 30 30 #3,548
2013 — 28 28 #3,685
2012 — 22 22 #4,412
2011 — 23 23 #4,245
2010 — 21 21 #4,543
2009 — 24 24 #4,185
2008 — 19 19 #4,936
2007 — 15 15 #5,700
2006 — 12 12 #6,541
2005 — 24 24 #3,845
2004 — 16 16 #5,066
2003 — 28 28 #3,300
2002 — 28 28 #3,203
2001 — 31 31 #2,949
2000 — 17 17 #4,436
1999 — 24 24 #3,311
1998 — 24 24 #3,228
1997 — 26 26 #2,922
1996 — 18 18 #3,723
1995 — 25 25 #2,876
1994 — 23 23 #3,049
1993 — 8 8 #6,362
1992 — 21 21 #3,146
1991 — 15 15 #3,877
1990 — 11 11 #4,759
1989 — 9 9 #5,288
1988 — 11 11 #4,267
1987 — 7 7 #5,635
1986 — 5 5 #7,034
1985 — 5 5 #6,823
1984 — 7 7 #5,167
1982 — 5 5 #6,660
1981 — 10 10 #3,974
1980 — 9 9 #4,262
1979 — 7 7 #5,011
1978 — 12 12 #3,300
1977 — 12 12 #3,289
1976 — 5 5 #5,875
1975 — 15 15 #2,697
1974 — 11 11 #3,216
1973 — 16 16 #2,472
1972 — 6 6 #4,680
1971 — 10 10 #3,269
1970 — 9 9 #3,405
1969 — 9 9 #3,208
1965 — 5 5 #4,214
1962 — 5 5 #4,379
1930 — 7 7 #3,576
1929 — 8 8 #3,239
1928 — 6 6 #4,105
1927 — 5 5 #4,709
1926 — 6 6 #4,171
1925 — 7 7 #3,733