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.

Chaska*

#17,132 most common boys' name of all time · #44,716 across all names · 87% male / 13% female · used 1976–2014 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#17,132
Rank overall
#44,716 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
77
Since 2016
0
Peak year
2002 #6,738
Best rank
#6,305 1976
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
19802000

Chaska first appears in 1976. 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
2014 — 8 8 #9,032
2010 — 5 5 #12,725
2009 — 8 8 #9,263
2007 — 7 7 #10,113
2002 — 10 10 #6,738
2001 — 5 5 #11,113
2000 — 5 5 #10,874
1999 — 6 6 #9,142
1998 — 8 8 #7,135
1980 5 — 5 —
1977 5 — 5 —
1976 — 5 5 #6,305