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.

Bram

#3,688 most common boys' name of all time · #8,978 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1948–2025

Rank among boys
#3,688
Rank overall
#8,978 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
1,537
Since 2016
460
Peak year
2016 #1,997
Best rank
#1,997 2016
Girls Boys peak 72/yr
1960198020002020

Bram first appears in 1948. 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 — 56 56 #2,431
2024 — 42 42 #2,975
2023 — 40 40 #3,071
2022 — 32 32 #3,557
2021 — 42 42 #2,942
2020 — 35 35 #3,224
2019 — 36 36 #3,211
2018 — 52 52 #2,483
2017 — 53 53 #2,428
2016 — 72 72 #1,997
2015 — 48 48 #2,577
2014 — 54 54 #2,380
2013 — 55 55 #2,310
2012 — 50 50 #2,499
2011 — 37 37 #3,072
2010 — 38 38 #3,031
2009 — 37 37 #3,120
2008 — 37 37 #3,127
2007 — 34 34 #3,263
2006 — 38 38 #2,944
2005 — 50 50 #2,336
2004 — 30 30 #3,239
2003 — 41 41 #2,518
2002 — 21 21 #3,944
2001 — 25 25 #3,441
2000 — 26 26 #3,243
1999 — 18 18 #4,035
1998 — 23 23 #3,329
1997 — 34 34 #2,411
1996 — 29 29 #2,627
1995 — 23 23 #3,044
1994 — 32 32 #2,406
1993 — 19 19 #3,414
1992 — 12 12 #4,659
1991 — 9 9 #5,642
1990 — 13 13 #4,267
1989 — 15 15 #3,693
1988 — 13 13 #3,795
1986 — 17 17 #2,952
1985 — 8 8 #4,876
1984 — 8 8 #4,715
1983 — 10 10 #3,988
1982 — 8 8 #4,762
1981 — 8 8 #4,698
1980 — 12 12 #3,519
1979 — 14 14 #3,091
1978 — 11 11 #3,503
1977 — 10 10 #3,720
1976 — 7 7 #4,665
1975 — 19 19 #2,328
1974 — 10 10 #3,460
1973 — 19 19 #2,184
1971 — 8 8 #3,837
1970 — 5 5 #5,123
1969 — 5 5 #4,756
1968 — 5 5 #4,537
1966 — 5 5 #4,341
1965 — 6 6 #3,796
1964 — 5 5 #4,431
1953 — 6 6 #3,742
1951 — 5 5 #4,178
1948 — 5 5 #4,157