Baby**
#1,038 most common boys' name of all time · #2,457 across all names · 51% male / 49% female · used 1912–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,038
Rank overall
#2,457 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
104 of 146
All-time
12,481
Since 2016
573
Peak year
1994 #524
Best rank
#524 1994
Girls
Boys
peak 672/yr
Baby first appears in 1912. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #6,169 |
| 2024 | 28 | 23 | 51 | #4,444 |
| 2023 | 32 | 30 | 62 | #3,725 |
| 2022 | 20 | 49 | 69 | #2,681 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | 74 | #3,189 |
| 2020 | 25 | 30 | 55 | #3,577 |
| 2019 | 24 | 39 | 63 | #3,059 |
| 2018 | 31 | 37 | 68 | #3,116 |
| 2017 | 32 | 33 | 65 | #3,385 |
| 2016 | 24 | 19 | 43 | #4,960 |
| 2015 | 28 | 13 | 41 | #6,348 |
| 2014 | 16 | 13 | 29 | #6,337 |
| 2013 | 19 | 18 | 37 | #4,998 |
| 2012 | 12 | 20 | 32 | #4,706 |
| 2011 | 17 | 16 | 33 | #5,451 |
| 2010 | 20 | 21 | 41 | #4,533 |
| 2009 | 26 | 17 | 43 | #5,356 |
| 2008 | 27 | 21 | 48 | #4,557 |
| 2007 | 28 | 18 | 46 | #5,016 |
| 2006 | 23 | 34 | 57 | #3,161 |
| 2005 | 128 | 185 | 313 | #945 |
| 2004 | 211 | 226 | 437 | #801 |
| 2003 | 245 | 245 | 490 | #737 |
| 2002 | 237 | 228 | 465 | #758 |
| 2001 | 251 | 268 | 519 | #678 |
| 2000 | 263 | 281 | 544 | #646 |
| 1999 | 240 | 267 | 507 | #647 |
| 1998 | 234 | 225 | 459 | #730 |
| 1997 | 235 | 240 | 475 | #677 |
| 1996 | 220 | 264 | 484 | #638 |
| 1995 | 308 | 334 | 642 | #558 |
| 1994 | 299 | 373 | 672 | #524 |
| 1993 | 296 | 331 | 627 | #560 |
| 1992 | 294 | 333 | 627 | #559 |
| 1991 | 263 | 314 | 577 | #570 |
| 1990 | 227 | 271 | 498 | #611 |
| 1989 | 226 | 266 | 492 | #601 |
| 1988 | 161 | 171 | 332 | #718 |
| 1987 | 109 | 139 | 248 | #784 |
| 1986 | 81 | 103 | 184 | #897 |
| 1985 | 100 | 91 | 191 | #958 |
| 1984 | 53 | 88 | 141 | #939 |
| 1983 | 60 | 54 | 114 | #1,260 |
| 1982 | 32 | 63 | 95 | #1,154 |
| 1981 | 23 | 45 | 68 | #1,418 |
| 1980 | 22 | 22 | 44 | #2,308 |
| 1979 | 22 | 24 | 46 | #2,122 |
| 1978 | 12 | 19 | 31 | #2,408 |
| 1977 | 29 | 18 | 47 | #2,492 |
| 1976 | 32 | 37 | 69 | #1,486 |
| 1975 | 17 | 36 | 53 | #1,494 |
| 1974 | 17 | 20 | 37 | #2,149 |
| 1973 | 12 | 24 | 36 | #1,842 |
| 1972 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #2,706 |
| 1971 | 19 | 13 | 32 | #2,729 |
| 1970 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,958 |
| 1969 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1968 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1959 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1957 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,077 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1954 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1953 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #3,958 |
| 1952 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #2,772 |
| 1950 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #3,459 |
| 1949 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #3,847 |
| 1948 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #3,436 |
| 1947 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #3,505 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1945 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1944 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #3,577 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1942 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1941 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1940 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1939 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1938 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #3,012 |
| 1937 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #3,314 |
| 1936 | 14 | 10 | 24 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 17 | 5 | 22 | #3,797 |
| 1934 | 17 | 8 | 25 | #2,866 |
| 1933 | 16 | 12 | 28 | #2,172 |
| 1932 | 22 | 6 | 28 | #3,504 |
| 1931 | 29 | 12 | 41 | #2,280 |
| 1930 | 28 | 11 | 39 | #2,539 |
| 1929 | 38 | 15 | 53 | #2,065 |
| 1928 | 43 | 9 | 52 | #2,963 |
| 1927 | 36 | 11 | 47 | #2,616 |
| 1926 | 36 | 11 | 47 | #2,657 |
| 1925 | 31 | 12 | 43 | #2,527 |
| 1924 | 24 | 11 | 35 | #2,723 |
| 1923 | 12 | 10 | 22 | #2,852 |
| 1922 | 13 | 9 | 22 | #3,113 |
| 1921 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #3,640 |
| 1920 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #3,938 |
| 1919 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #4,313 |
| 1918 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1917 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1916 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1915 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1913 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1912 | 7 | — | 7 | — |