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.

Bach

#17,377 most common boys' name of all time · #45,344 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1983–2020

Rank among boys
#17,377
Rank overall
#45,344 of 105,966
First appeared
1983
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
74
Since 2016
24
Peak year
2016 #9,101
Best rank
#5,455 1983
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
20002020

Bach first appears in 1983. 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
2020 — 5 5 #12,617
2019 — 5 5 #12,732
2018 — 6 6 #11,191
2016 — 8 8 #9,101
2013 — 8 8 #9,136
2009 — 6 6 #11,489
1997 — 5 5 #9,924
1993 — 5 5 #9,490
1990 — 7 7 #6,958
1988 — 6 6 #7,061
1985 — 6 6 #6,424
1983 — 7 7 #5,455