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.

Bascom

#5,798 most common boys' name of all time · #14,444 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1882–1970

Rank among boys
#5,798
Rank overall
#14,444 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
731
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1916 #1,278
Best rank
#519 1884
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
1900192019401960

Bascom first appears in 1882. 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
1970 — 6 6 #4,275
1966 — 7 7 #3,283
1965 — 5 5 #3,976
1961 — 5 5 #4,126
1954 — 9 9 #2,775
1953 — 5 5 #3,861
1951 — 10 10 #2,524
1950 — 6 6 #3,373
1949 — 12 12 #2,250
1948 — 5 5 #3,723
1947 — 6 6 #3,412
1946 — 7 7 #2,957
1945 — 11 11 #2,153
1944 — 8 8 #2,677
1943 — 16 16 #1,856
1942 — 8 8 #2,749
1941 — 9 9 #2,516
1940 — 14 14 #1,917
1939 — 9 9 #2,474
1938 — 11 11 #2,212
1937 — 11 11 #2,221
1936 — 8 8 #2,658
1935 — 12 12 #2,146
1934 — 13 13 #2,037
1933 — 9 9 #2,579
1932 — 12 12 #2,217
1931 — 8 8 #2,904
1930 — 17 17 #1,831
1929 — 16 16 #1,959
1928 — 18 18 #1,842
1927 — 17 17 #1,977
1926 — 15 15 #2,100
1925 — 21 21 #1,697
1924 — 23 23 #1,645
1923 — 20 20 #1,768
1922 — 24 24 #1,558
1921 — 16 16 #2,087
1920 — 15 15 #2,146
1919 — 21 21 #1,640
1918 — 23 23 #1,558
1917 — 24 24 #1,454
1916 — 28 28 #1,278
1915 — 20 20 #1,565
1914 — 17 17 #1,508
1913 — 15 15 #1,393
1912 — 11 11 #1,556
1911 — 13 13 #962
1910 — 11 11 #1,019
1909 — 11 11 #932
1907 — 5 5 #1,407
1905 — 6 6 #1,168
1899 — 6 6 #1,017
1898 — 5 5 #1,196
1896 — 10 10 #766
1894 — 7 7 #916
1890 — 6 6 #957
1888 — 8 8 #802
1887 — 6 6 #896
1885 — 7 7 #823
1884 — 14 14 #519
1883 — 7 7 #786
1882 — 6 6 #916