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.

Carnelius

#15,884 most common boys' name of all time · #41,321 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1944–2009

Rank among boys
#15,884
Rank overall
#41,321 of 105,966
First appeared
1944
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
95
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1994 #6,008
Best rank
#3,426 1944
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
196019802000

Carnelius first appears in 1944. 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
2009 — 6 6 #11,224
1997 — 7 7 #7,450
1994 — 9 9 #6,008
1993 — 7 7 #7,021
1992 — 7 7 #6,847
1989 — 5 5 #8,237
1988 — 8 8 #5,397
1985 — 7 7 #5,381
1984 — 5 5 #6,628
1981 — 8 8 #4,684
1980 — 9 9 #4,285
1976 — 5 5 #5,928
1975 — 6 6 #5,084
1944 — 6 6 #3,426