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.

Ark

#16,304 most common boys' name of all time · #42,561 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1959–2024

Rank among boys
#16,304
Rank overall
#42,561 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
88
Since 2016
27
Peak year
1970 #3,458
Best rank
#3,282 1959
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
1960198020002020

Ark first appears in 1959. 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
2024 — 8 8 #9,160
2022 — 5 5 #12,628
2021 — 7 7 #9,910
2020 — 7 7 #9,740
1987 — 6 6 #6,430
1985 — 6 6 #6,061
1976 — 5 5 #5,999
1974 — 5 5 #5,616
1973 — 8 8 #3,919
1972 — 8 8 #3,847
1970 — 9 9 #3,458
1969 — 6 6 #4,292
1959 — 8 8 #3,282