Boy

#5,049 most common boys' name of all time · #12,505 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · 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

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	Girls	Boys	Total	Rank
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