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.

Chalmus

#19,364 most common boys' name of all time · #50,837 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–1939

Rank among boys
#19,364
Rank overall
#50,837 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
9 of 146
All-time
53
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1929 #2,746
Best rank
#2,746 1929
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
1920

Chalmus 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
1939 — 5 5 #3,810
1938 — 5 5 #3,870
1929 — 10 10 #2,746
1928 — 5 5 #4,519
1924 — 5 5 #4,697
1923 — 5 5 #4,646
1921 — 7 7 #3,793
1918 — 6 6 #4,064
1916 — 5 5 #4,328