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.

Cass*

#3,149 most common boys' name of all time · #7,634 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1881–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#3,149
Rank overall
#7,634 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
1,993
Since 2016
240
Peak year
1989 #1,770
Best rank
#768 1881
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Cass first appears in 1881. 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 — 19 19 #5,049
2024 — 18 18 #5,248
2023 — 16 16 #5,671
2022 — 23 23 #4,448
2021 — 34 34 #3,367
2020 — 24 24 #4,146
2019 — 24 24 #4,237
2018 — 20 20 #4,746
2017 5 28 33 #3,790
2016 — 29 29 #3,682
2015 — 20 20 #4,722
2014 — 23 23 #4,270
2013 — 11 11 #7,041
2012 — 12 12 #6,636
2011 — 24 24 #4,111
2010 — 30 30 #3,541
2009 — 24 24 #4,166
2008 — 20 20 #4,722
2007 — 19 19 #4,811
2006 — 14 14 #5,796
2005 — 16 16 #5,040
2004 — 16 16 #5,018
2003 5 10 15 #6,742
2002 — 13 13 #5,411
2001 — 13 13 #5,403
2000 — 17 17 #4,399
1999 — 13 13 #5,047
1998 — 15 15 #4,426
1997 — 17 17 #3,892
1996 — 15 15 #4,205
1995 5 14 19 #4,298
1994 — 14 14 #4,303
1993 — 14 14 #4,247
1992 — 19 19 #3,349
1991 5 34 39 #2,150
1990 6 29 35 #2,382
1989 — 43 43 #1,770
1988 — 26 26 #2,312
1987 5 29 34 #2,064
1986 — 31 31 #1,920
1985 — 23 23 #2,301
1984 — 23 23 #2,244
1983 10 29 39 #1,877
1982 — 11 11 #3,714
1981 6 13 19 #3,234
1980 — 14 14 #3,112
1979 5 20 25 #2,385
1978 — 15 15 #2,821
1977 7 19 26 #2,372
1976 5 18 23 #2,431
1975 — 18 18 #2,376
1974 — 10 10 #3,344
1973 6 16 22 #2,417
1972 5 23 28 #1,882
1971 — 32 32 #1,534
1970 8 26 34 #1,711
1969 6 25 31 #1,651
1968 7 12 19 #2,463
1967 5 17 22 #1,920
1966 — 22 22 #1,655
1965 — 15 15 #2,105
1964 — 21 21 #1,737
1963 — 18 18 #1,917
1962 — 22 22 #1,722
1961 — 28 28 #1,526
1960 — 42 42 #1,216
1959 — 24 24 #1,629
1958 7 19 26 #1,850
1957 5 15 20 #2,111
1956 5 11 16 #2,516
1955 — 12 12 #2,324
1954 8 21 29 #1,673
1953 — 22 22 #1,643
1952 — 18 18 #1,822
1951 — 16 16 #1,918
1950 — 12 12 #2,228
1949 7 17 24 #1,834
1948 — 14 14 #2,049
1947 — 5 5 #3,768
1946 — 17 17 #1,776
1945 — 6 6 #3,033
1944 — 7 7 #2,890
1943 — 8 8 #2,766
1942 — 9 9 #2,554
1940 — 6 6 #3,171
1939 — 7 7 #2,865
1938 — 5 5 #3,575
1935 — 7 7 #2,987
1933 — 5 5 #3,682
1932 — 5 5 #3,820
1931 — 9 9 #2,684
1930 — 5 5 #4,048
1928 — 5 5 #4,191
1927 — 6 6 #3,815
1926 — 13 13 #2,330
1925 — 8 8 #3,182
1924 — 9 9 #3,041
1923 — 12 12 #2,472
1922 — 10 10 #2,829
1921 — 12 12 #2,519
1920 — 6 6 #3,847
1919 — 7 7 #3,425
1918 — 11 11 #2,571
1917 — 12 12 #2,300
1916 — 15 15 #1,967
1915 — 11 11 #2,336
1914 — 5 5 #3,294
1913 — 5 5 #2,861
1912 — 7 7 #2,086
1910 — 6 6 #1,466
1906 — 5 5 #1,302
1904 — 7 7 #1,009
1900 — 5 5 #1,367
1897 — 6 6 #1,008
1884 — 6 6 #925
1881 — 7 7 #768