Author
#2,988 most common boys' name of all time · #7,234 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1880–1995
Rank among boys
#2,988
Rank overall
#7,234 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
97 of 146
All-time
2,173
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1933 #805
Best rank
#589 1883
Girls
Boys
peak 59/yr
Author is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,896 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,841 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,153 |
| 1991 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,492 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,485 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,767 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,349 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,504 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,293 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,380 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,611 |
| 1976 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,744 |
| 1975 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,916 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,661 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,989 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,254 |
| 1969 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,883 |
| 1968 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,968 |
| 1967 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,251 |
| 1966 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,803 |
| 1965 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,011 |
| 1964 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,429 |
| 1963 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,432 |
| 1962 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,855 |
| 1961 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,331 |
| 1960 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1959 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,718 |
| 1958 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,562 |
| 1957 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,035 |
| 1956 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,486 |
| 1955 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,461 |
| 1954 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,202 |
| 1953 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,846 |
| 1952 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,354 |
| 1951 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,144 |
| 1950 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,146 |
| 1949 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,112 |
| 1948 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,351 |
| 1947 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,235 |
| 1946 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,011 |
| 1945 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,110 |
| 1944 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,088 |
| 1943 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,001 |
| 1942 | — | 45 | 45 | #995 |
| 1941 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,093 |
| 1940 | — | 46 | 46 | #943 |
| 1939 | — | 43 | 43 | #962 |
| 1938 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,014 |
| 1937 | — | 50 | 50 | #873 |
| 1936 | — | 42 | 42 | #955 |
| 1935 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,066 |
| 1934 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,246 |
| 1933 | — | 59 | 59 | #805 |
| 1932 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,027 |
| 1931 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,149 |
| 1930 | — | 51 | 51 | #951 |
| 1929 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,016 |
| 1928 | — | 49 | 49 | #984 |
| 1927 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,049 |
| 1926 | — | 49 | 49 | #983 |
| 1925 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,152 |
| 1924 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,097 |
| 1923 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,044 |
| 1922 | — | 54 | 54 | #952 |
| 1921 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,109 |
| 1920 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,094 |
| 1919 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,125 |
| 1918 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,292 |
| 1917 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,366 |
| 1916 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,143 |
| 1915 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,513 |
| 1914 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,397 |
| 1913 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 1912 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,284 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,420 |
| 1910 | — | 16 | 16 | #771 |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,190 |
| 1908 | — | 10 | 10 | #907 |
| 1907 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,124 |
| 1905 | — | 9 | 9 | #870 |
| 1904 | — | 10 | 10 | #787 |
| 1903 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,051 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,177 |
| 1901 | — | 6 | 6 | #983 |
| 1900 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,078 |
| 1898 | — | 11 | 11 | #685 |
| 1894 | — | 10 | 10 | #707 |
| 1893 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,077 |
| 1892 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,116 |
| 1890 | — | 8 | 8 | #784 |
| 1887 | — | 6 | 6 | #859 |
| 1886 | — | 7 | 7 | #799 |
| 1884 | — | 6 | 6 | #896 |
| 1883 | — | 11 | 11 | #589 |
| 1882 | — | 8 | 8 | #731 |
| 1881 | — | 5 | 5 | #908 |
| 1880 | — | 6 | 6 | #840 |