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.

Che*

#2,758 most common boys' name of all time · #6,653 across all names · 85% male / 15% female · used 1968–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,758
Rank overall
#6,653 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
2,469
Since 2016
151
Peak year
1974 #833
Best rank
#833 1974
Girls Boys peak 112/yr
198020002020

Che first appears in 1968. 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 — 10 10 #7,804
2024 — 15 15 #5,968
2023 — 8 8 #9,103
2022 — 19 19 #5,075
2021 — 20 20 #4,827
2020 — 12 12 #6,735
2019 — 22 22 #4,526
2018 — 14 14 #6,123
2017 — 16 16 #5,613
2016 — 15 15 #5,867
2015 — 20 20 #4,774
2014 — 21 21 #4,598
2013 — 12 12 #6,711
2012 — 30 30 #3,557
2011 5 23 28 #4,267
2010 — 28 28 #3,746
2009 — 33 33 #3,359
2008 — 41 41 #2,903
2007 — 29 29 #3,625
2006 — 44 44 #2,672
2005 5 44 49 #2,541
2004 8 40 48 #2,673
2003 5 30 35 #3,151
2002 5 43 48 #2,387
2001 — 31 31 #2,961
2000 5 41 46 #2,346
1999 7 32 39 #2,693
1998 — 41 41 #2,218
1997 8 23 31 #3,212
1996 7 31 38 #2,509
1995 5 31 36 #2,477
1994 — 41 41 #2,030
1993 9 35 44 #2,238
1992 11 24 35 #2,882
1991 10 28 38 #2,517
1990 12 33 45 #2,203
1989 14 32 46 #2,190
1988 11 29 40 #2,187
1987 5 20 25 #2,695
1986 9 22 31 #2,487
1985 17 21 38 #2,488
1984 17 24 41 #2,221
1983 7 35 42 #1,678
1982 5 35 40 #1,693
1981 15 29 44 #1,928
1980 9 53 62 #1,290
1979 15 55 70 #1,254
1978 11 59 70 #1,165
1977 11 64 75 #1,090
1976 13 71 84 #995
1975 15 82 97 #910
1974 18 94 112 #833
1973 13 68 81 #986
1972 15 78 93 #910
1971 8 87 95 #876
1970 15 92 107 #844
1969 19 56 75 #1,041
1968 — 19 19 #1,893