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.

Beecher

#4,757 most common boys' name of all time · #11,728 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1884–2022

Rank among boys
#4,757
Rank overall
#11,728 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
76 of 146
All-time
1,019
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1921 #1,209
Best rank
#863 1904
Girls Boys peak 36/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Beecher first appears in 1884. 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
2022 5 5 #12,376
2008 6 6 #11,074
2002 7 7 #8,496
1991 6 6 #7,317
1978 6 6 #5,106
1977 6 6 #5,170
1976 5 5 #5,662
1975 7 7 #4,366
1966 6 6 #3,585
1965 7 7 #3,294
1964 6 6 #3,657
1963 9 9 #2,892
1962 7 7 #3,358
1961 7 7 #3,400
1960 8 8 #3,118
1959 8 8 #3,078
1958 6 6 #3,615
1957 6 6 #3,618
1956 13 13 #2,286
1955 10 10 #2,600
1954 7 7 #3,226
1953 9 9 #2,752
1952 11 11 #2,412
1951 9 9 #2,696
1950 11 11 #2,343
1949 13 13 #2,153
1948 16 16 #1,902
1947 16 16 #1,938
1946 15 15 #1,904
1945 9 9 #2,433
1944 16 16 #1,762
1943 13 13 #2,097
1942 18 18 #1,692
1941 10 10 #2,376
1940 16 16 #1,761
1939 18 18 #1,603
1938 12 12 #2,114
1937 18 18 #1,666
1936 15 15 #1,819
1935 12 12 #2,156
1934 14 14 #1,966
1933 11 11 #2,251
1932 27 27 #1,336
1931 22 22 #1,511
1930 21 21 #1,621
1929 19 19 #1,749
1928 26 26 #1,462
1927 18 18 #1,896
1926 24 24 #1,539
1925 32 32 #1,289
1924 25 25 #1,548
1923 19 19 #1,833
1922 31 31 #1,322
1921 36 36 #1,209
1920 21 21 #1,711
1919 30 30 #1,306
1918 27 27 #1,386
1917 35 35 #1,139
1916 31 31 #1,190
1915 17 17 #1,729
1914 28 28 #1,083
1913 8 8 #2,141
1912 12 12 #1,463
1911 6 6 #1,620
1910 7 7 #1,371
1908 7 7 #1,171
1905 9 9 #902
1904 9 9 #863
1903 5 5 #1,237
1902 5 5 #1,241
1898 5 5 #1,221
1897 5 5 #1,166
1891 5 5 #1,082
1888 7 7 #899
1886 5 5 #1,065
1884 5 5 #1,078