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.

Case

#1,186 most common boys' name of all time · #2,826 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1959–2025

Rank among boys
#1,186
Rank overall
#2,826 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
9,926
Since 2016
4,478
Peak year
2014 #468
Best rank
#468 2014
📖The word “case” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 623/yr
1960198020002020

Case first appears in 1959. 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 — 359 359 #734
2024 — 364 364 #724
2023 — 372 372 #715
2022 — 426 426 #650
2021 — 438 438 #630
2020 — 482 482 #577
2019 — 517 517 #545
2018 — 560 560 #508
2017 — 442 442 #601
2016 — 518 518 #554
2015 — 527 527 #543
2014 — 623 623 #468
2013 — 531 531 #507
2012 — 527 527 #505
2011 — 352 352 #672
2010 — 329 329 #710
2009 — 250 250 #854
2008 — 207 207 #966
2007 — 211 211 #942
2006 — 196 196 #951
2005 — 147 147 #1,119
2004 — 139 139 #1,139
2003 — 117 117 #1,242
2002 — 136 136 #1,090
2001 — 94 94 #1,364
2000 — 86 86 #1,437
1999 — 92 92 #1,318
1998 — 75 75 #1,482
1997 — 75 75 #1,448
1996 — 64 64 #1,560
1995 — 47 47 #1,855
1994 — 40 40 #2,064
1993 — 37 37 #2,140
1992 — 36 36 #2,156
1991 — 28 28 #2,505
1990 — 38 38 #1,996
1989 — 37 37 #1,977
1988 — 35 35 #1,902
1987 — 36 36 #1,816
1986 — 36 36 #1,745
1985 — 31 31 #1,902
1984 — 30 30 #1,875
1983 — 22 22 #2,321
1982 — 21 21 #2,388
1981 — 15 15 #2,986
1980 — 16 16 #2,918
1979 — 12 12 #3,486
1978 — 13 13 #3,163
1977 — 8 8 #4,392
1976 — 17 17 #2,570
1975 — 11 11 #3,366
1974 — 14 14 #2,763
1973 — 8 8 #3,924
1972 — 10 10 #3,287
1971 — 15 15 #2,544
1970 — 6 6 #4,552
1969 — 7 7 #3,857
1968 — 7 7 #3,610
1967 — 5 5 #4,412
1965 — 5 5 #4,329
1964 — 6 6 #3,989
1962 — 5 5 #4,532
1961 — 6 6 #4,027
1960 — 5 5 #4,542
1959 — 5 5 #4,529