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.

Arley*

#1,853 most common boys' name of all time · #4,478 across all names · 80% male / 20% female · used 1884–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,853
Rank overall
#4,478 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
138 of 146
All-time
4,546
Since 2016
1,015
Peak year
2025 #1,755
Best rank
#698 1885
Girls Boys peak 126/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Arley first appears in 1884. 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 34 92 126 #1,755
2024 33 73 106 #2,061
2023 32 83 115 #1,899
2022 35 68 103 #2,153
2021 36 56 92 #2,414
2020 34 68 102 #2,072
2019 31 88 119 #1,765
2018 33 64 97 #2,170
2017 35 47 82 #2,642
2016 22 51 73 #2,482
2015 32 61 93 #2,215
2014 24 63 87 #2,155
2013 28 46 74 #2,596
2012 18 90 108 #1,689
2011 29 56 85 #2,289
2010 20 37 57 #3,078
2009 16 21 37 #4,589
2008 14 20 34 #4,726
2007 14 11 25 #7,117
2006 11 12 23 #6,479
2005 10 16 26 #5,043
2004 13 10 23 #7,002
2003 12 10 22 #6,745
2002 13 19 32 #4,195
2001 — 9 9 #6,964
2000 15 11 26 #5,943
1999 9 12 21 #5,332
1998 6 9 15 #6,339
1997 9 8 17 #6,648
1996 7 10 17 #5,566
1995 7 14 21 #4,302
1994 7 24 31 #2,954
1993 — 42 42 #1,940
1992 5 19 24 #3,354
1991 5 15 20 #3,831
1990 — 27 27 #2,497
1989 — 29 29 #2,301
1988 9 22 31 #2,612
1987 8 11 19 #3,984
1986 7 11 18 #3,914
1985 7 8 15 #4,735
1984 15 11 26 #3,728
1983 30 13 43 #3,252
1982 27 11 38 #3,721
1981 5 10 15 #3,884
1980 — 8 8 #4,529
1979 — 11 11 #3,593
1978 — 6 6 #5,104
1977 — 11 11 #3,414
1976 — 11 11 #3,291
1975 — 10 10 #3,456
1974 — 11 11 #3,152
1973 — 7 7 #4,094
1972 — 7 7 #4,005
1971 — 10 10 #3,185
1970 — 8 8 #3,558
1969 — 12 12 #2,577
1968 — 9 9 #2,936
1967 — 12 12 #2,377
1966 — 13 13 #2,238
1965 — 17 17 #1,942
1964 — 10 10 #2,696
1963 — 16 16 #2,051
1962 — 14 14 #2,206
1961 — 18 18 #1,960
1960 — 15 15 #2,142
1959 — 19 19 #1,881
1958 — 21 21 #1,741
1957 — 17 17 #1,967
1956 — 26 26 #1,544
1955 — 21 21 #1,697
1954 — 21 21 #1,676
1953 — 13 13 #2,203
1952 — 21 21 #1,675
1951 — 33 33 #1,288
1950 — 25 25 #1,473
1949 — 19 19 #1,726
1948 — 31 31 #1,304
1947 — 29 29 #1,375
1946 — 38 38 #1,130
1945 — 30 30 #1,212
1944 — 37 37 #1,093
1943 — 32 32 #1,223
1942 — 39 39 #1,100
1941 — 28 28 #1,264
1940 — 37 37 #1,081
1939 — 29 29 #1,226
1938 — 28 28 #1,258
1937 — 48 48 #901
1936 — 44 44 #935
1935 5 37 42 #1,073
1934 — 43 43 #976
1933 8 42 50 #989
1932 — 46 46 #970
1931 6 37 43 #1,122
1930 8 37 45 #1,163
1929 10 53 63 #927
1928 8 46 54 #1,025
1927 5 57 62 #907
1926 6 60 66 #864
1925 6 50 56 #965
1924 8 40 48 #1,140
1923 — 59 59 #890
1922 11 63 74 #867
1921 6 48 54 #1,015
1920 8 44 52 #1,059
1919 — 42 42 #1,057
1918 7 47 54 #982
1917 7 46 53 #955
1916 5 42 47 #990
1915 — 54 54 #840
1914 — 30 30 #1,038
1913 — 22 22 #1,098
1912 — 21 21 #1,014
1911 6 7 13 #1,460
1910 — 7 7 #1,367
1908 — 12 12 #818
1907 — 6 6 #1,275
1906 — 7 7 #1,074
1905 — 8 8 #974
1904 — 9 9 #861
1903 5 9 14 #835
1902 — 5 5 #1,234
1901 — 6 6 #1,026
1900 — 8 8 #1,026
1899 5 7 12 #909
1898 — 5 5 #1,219
1897 — 10 10 #722
1896 — 9 9 #817
1895 — 7 7 #948
1894 — 8 8 #850
1893 — 7 7 #891
1892 — 9 9 #790
1890 5 6 11 #969
1887 — 6 6 #908
1886 — 5 5 #1,062
1885 — 9 9 #698
1884 6 — 6 —