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.

Boy

#5,049 most common boys' name of all time · #12,505 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1900–2025

Rank among boys
#5,049
Rank overall
#12,505 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
923
Since 2016
287
Peak year
2019 #2,902
Best rank
#1,285 1903
Girls Boys peak 42/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Boy first appears in 1900. 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
2025 — 18 18 #5,225
2024 — 27 27 #3,991
2023 — 26 26 #4,117
2022 — 26 26 #4,093
2021 — 31 31 #3,594
2020 — 25 25 #4,027
2019 — 42 42 #2,902
2018 — 40 40 #2,946
2017 — 32 32 #3,451
2016 — 20 20 #4,789
2015 — 27 27 #3,892
2014 — 28 28 #3,705
2013 — 20 20 #4,641
2012 — 21 21 #4,546
2011 — 18 18 #5,004
2010 — 16 16 #5,499
2009 — 12 12 #6,838
2008 — 32 32 #3,426
2007 — 13 13 #6,286
2006 — 24 24 #4,008
2005 — 15 15 #5,297
2004 — 14 14 #5,528
2003 — 14 14 #5,286
2002 — 15 15 #4,941
2001 — 39 39 #2,495
2000 — 14 14 #5,063
1999 — 36 36 #2,468
1998 — 13 13 #4,901
1997 — 13 13 #4,697
1996 — 22 22 #3,218
1995 — 20 20 #3,319
1994 — 24 24 #2,967
1993 — 33 33 #2,300
1992 — 28 28 #2,543
1991 — 17 17 #3,491
1990 — 11 11 #4,703
1989 — 10 10 #4,859
1988 — 9 9 #4,824
1987 — 11 11 #3,998
1986 — 7 7 #5,406
1985 — 11 11 #3,849
1978 — 7 7 #4,632
1953 — 5 5 #3,909
1932 — 5 5 #3,884
1923 — 7 7 #3,544
1916 — 5 5 #4,009
1915 — 5 5 #3,920
1908 — 5 5 #1,529
1903 — 5 5 #1,285
1900 — 5 5 #1,473