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.

Arless*

#17,682 most common boys' name of all time · #46,249 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1917–1938 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#17,682
Rank overall
#46,249 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
70
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #3,194
Best rank
#3,194 1920
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
1920

Arless first appears in 1917. 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
1938 — 5 5 #3,884
1937 5 — 5 —
1935 — 6 6 #3,559
1934 — 5 5 #4,028
1933 — 6 6 #3,571
1928 — 6 6 #4,023
1927 — 5 5 #4,577
1925 — 5 5 #4,626
1921 — 5 5 #4,737
1920 — 9 9 #3,194
1918 — 7 7 #3,686
1917 — 6 6 #3,891