Branch
#4,626 most common boys' name of all time · #11,401 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1889–2025
Rank among boys
#4,626
Rank overall
#11,401 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
1,063
Since 2016
646
Peak year
2018 #1,710
Best rank
#871 1889
Girls
Boys
peak 92/yr
Branch first appears in 1889. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,458 |
| 2024 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,224 |
| 2023 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,773 |
| 2022 | — | 58 | 58 | #2,410 |
| 2021 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,916 |
| 2020 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,912 |
| 2019 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,874 |
| 2018 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,710 |
| 2017 | — | 70 | 70 | #2,017 |
| 2016 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,960 |
| 2015 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,029 |
| 2014 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,024 |
| 2013 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,675 |
| 2012 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,327 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,802 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,292 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,903 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,121 |
| 2005 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,343 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,409 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,964 |
| 2000 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,459 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,691 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,315 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,197 |
| 1995 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,039 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,209 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,986 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,022 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,607 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,072 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,018 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,604 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,049 |
| 1966 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,045 |
| 1963 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,372 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,721 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,974 |
| 1953 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,956 |
| 1952 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,931 |
| 1949 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,666 |
| 1947 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,920 |
| 1946 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,578 |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,188 |
| 1938 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,251 |
| 1936 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,683 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,720 |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,718 |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,433 |
| 1925 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1923 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1922 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,068 |
| 1921 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,264 |
| 1920 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,495 |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,425 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,620 |
| 1915 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,501 |
| 1914 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,985 |
| 1889 | — | 7 | 7 | #871 |