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.

Bj

#5,841 most common boys' name of all time · #14,549 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1964–2024

Rank among boys
#5,841
Rank overall
#14,549 of 105,966
First appeared
1964
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
723
Since 2016
29
Peak year
1982 #1,532
Best rank
#1,532 1982
Girls Boys peak 41/yr
198020002020

Bj first appears in 1964. 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
2024 — 7 7 #10,104
2021 — 11 11 #7,196
2020 — 5 5 #12,354
2019 — 6 6 #11,040
2015 — 7 7 #9,792
2014 — 6 6 #10,953
2013 — 11 11 #7,145
2012 — 6 6 #11,057
2011 — 6 6 #11,106
2010 — 12 12 #6,790
2009 — 7 7 #10,093
2008 — 8 8 #9,222
2007 — 8 8 #9,105
2006 — 10 10 #7,572
2005 — 10 10 #7,241
2004 — 6 6 #10,264
2003 — 6 6 #9,870
2002 — 11 11 #6,222
2001 — 12 12 #5,779
2000 — 13 13 #5,386
1999 — 11 11 #5,777
1998 — 12 12 #5,265
1997 — 7 7 #7,509
1996 — 15 15 #4,278
1995 — 13 13 #4,625
1994 — 14 14 #4,394
1993 — 12 12 #4,827
1992 — 16 16 #3,834
1991 — 15 15 #3,911
1990 — 21 21 #3,016
1989 5 15 20 #3,724
1988 — 21 21 #2,731
1987 — 14 14 #3,449
1986 — 26 26 #2,208
1985 — 16 16 #3,033
1984 — 19 19 #2,585
1983 — 27 27 #2,005
1982 — 41 41 #1,532
1981 — 38 38 #1,601
1980 — 36 36 #1,650
1979 — 27 27 #1,977
1978 — 31 31 #1,755
1977 — 17 17 #2,641
1976 — 10 10 #3,627
1975 — 14 14 #2,869
1974 — 12 12 #3,082
1973 — 7 7 #4,355
1972 — 15 15 #2,516
1971 — 10 10 #3,332
1970 — 7 7 #4,148
1965 — 6 6 #3,900
1964 — 5 5 #4,551