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.

Brandell*

#15,763 most common boys' name of all time · #40,967 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1973–2015 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#15,763
Rank overall
#40,967 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
97
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1994 #5,666
Best rank
#5,042 1988
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
19802000

Brandell first appears in 1973. 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
2015 — 5 5 #12,505
2013 — 5 5 #12,550
2007 — 6 6 #11,278
1997 — 7 7 #7,602
1996 — 7 7 #7,469
1995 — 8 8 #6,661
1994 — 10 10 #5,666
1990 — 8 8 #6,141
1989 — 5 5 #8,470
1988 — 9 9 #5,042
1987 — 5 5 #7,536
1981 — 6 6 #5,994
1980 — 5 5 #6,885
1976 6 — 6 —
1973 — 5 5 #5,740