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.

Bolden

#18,481 most common boys' name of all time · #48,447 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1893–2017

Rank among boys
#18,481
Rank overall
#48,447 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
11 of 146
All-time
61
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1927 #3,524
Best rank
#1,026 1893
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
190019201940196019802000

Bolden first appears in 1893. 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
2017 — 6 6 #10,844
2015 — 5 5 #12,148
2014 — 5 5 #12,180
1952 — 5 5 #3,825
1949 — 5 5 #3,786
1935 — 5 5 #3,737
1931 — 6 6 #3,462
1927 — 7 7 #3,524
1921 — 6 6 #3,942
1915 — 5 5 #3,906
1893 — 6 6 #1,026