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.

Bron

#8,003 most common boys' name of all time · #20,148 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1951–2025

Rank among boys
#8,003
Rank overall
#20,148 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
424
Since 2016
46
Peak year
1977 #2,527
Best rank
#2,527 1977
Girls Boys peak 18/yr
1960198020002020

Bron first appears in 1951. 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 — 8 8 #9,042
2024 — 9 9 #8,437
2023 — 10 10 #7,849
2021 — 7 7 #9,894
2018 — 5 5 #12,436
2017 — 7 7 #9,866
2014 — 6 6 #10,917
2013 — 5 5 #12,418
2012 — 5 5 #12,546
2011 — 5 5 #12,576
2009 — 5 5 #12,815
2008 — 8 8 #9,179
2007 — 5 5 #12,679
2006 — 5 5 #12,372
2005 — 10 10 #7,223
2004 — 9 9 #7,672
2000 — 7 7 #8,403
1999 — 6 6 #8,934
1996 — 6 6 #8,215
1995 — 7 7 #7,201
1991 — 8 8 #6,110
1989 — 12 12 #4,369
1988 — 6 6 #6,701
1987 — 5 5 #7,330
1986 — 6 6 #6,230
1985 — 8 8 #4,882
1984 — 11 11 #3,803
1983 — 12 12 #3,524
1982 — 10 10 #4,111
1981 — 11 11 #3,719
1980 — 5 5 #6,648
1979 — 12 12 #3,467
1978 — 12 12 #3,321
1977 — 18 18 #2,527
1976 — 11 11 #3,382
1975 — 8 8 #4,123
1974 — 11 11 #3,241
1973 — 9 9 #3,586
1972 — 10 10 #3,272
1971 — 10 10 #3,291
1970 — 11 11 #3,023
1969 — 11 11 #2,804
1968 — 8 8 #3,289
1966 — 5 5 #4,363
1963 — 7 7 #3,578
1962 — 9 9 #3,003
1961 — 8 8 #3,308
1960 — 6 6 #3,949
1958 — 6 6 #3,897
1957 — 5 5 #4,441
1955 — 8 8 #3,190
1953 — 5 5 #4,280
1951 — 5 5 #4,202