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.

Cedell*

#18,107 most common boys' name of all time · #47,431 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1916–1981 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#18,107
Rank overall
#47,431 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
65
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1923 #2,935
Best rank
#2,935 1923
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
1920194019601980

Cedell first appears in 1916. 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
1981 — 5 5 #6,491
1971 — 5 5 #5,131
1958 — 6 6 #3,767
1953 — 7 7 #3,320
1947 — 8 8 #3,039
1942 — 5 5 #3,867
1938 — 6 6 #3,447
1923 — 10 10 #2,935
1921 — 8 8 #3,461
1916 5 — 5 —