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.

Ceylon

#16,416 most common boys' name of all time · #42,916 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–1947

Rank among boys
#16,416
Rank overall
#42,916 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
86
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1931 #2,678
Best rank
#946 1880
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
1880190019201940

Ceylon is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1947 — 5 5 #3,759
1931 — 9 9 #2,678
1927 — 8 8 #3,178
1926 — 5 5 #4,238
1925 — 6 6 #3,767
1922 — 5 5 #4,347
1921 — 5 5 #4,351
1920 — 6 6 #3,836
1919 — 7 7 #3,417
1918 — 8 8 #3,123
1917 — 5 5 #4,027
1915 — 7 7 #3,102
1913 — 5 5 #2,851
1880 — 5 5 #946