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.

Armstrong

#16,876 most common boys' name of all time · #44,079 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among boys
#16,876
Rank overall
#44,079 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
80
Since 2016
19
Peak year
1921 #3,487
Best rank
#3,487 1921
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
192019401960198020002020

Armstrong 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
2025 — 6 6 #10,816
2019 — 7 7 #9,876
2016 — 6 6 #10,888
2015 — 8 8 #8,852
2013 — 5 5 #12,308
2008 — 5 5 #12,748
2006 — 5 5 #12,243
2005 — 8 8 #8,415
2001 — 6 6 #9,390
1997 — 5 5 #9,438
1921 — 8 8 #3,487
1920 — 5 5 #4,730
1917 — 6 6 #3,892