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.

Cheskel

#5,714 most common boys' name of all time · #14,234 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1958–2025

Rank among boys
#5,714
Rank overall
#14,234 of 105,966
First appeared
1958
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
749
Since 2016
290
Peak year
2023 #3,197
Best rank
#2,817 1959
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
1960198020002020

Cheskel first appears in 1958. 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 — 35 35 #3,329
2024 — 35 35 #3,359
2023 — 38 38 #3,197
2022 — 25 25 #4,217
2021 — 32 32 #3,524
2020 — 18 18 #5,095
2019 — 27 27 #3,937
2018 — 30 30 #3,644
2017 — 23 23 #4,365
2016 — 27 27 #3,909
2015 — 22 22 #4,447
2014 — 25 25 #4,044
2013 — 18 18 #5,029
2012 — 15 15 #5,785
2011 — 17 17 #5,273
2010 — 13 13 #6,441
2009 — 19 19 #4,970
2008 — 22 22 #4,435
2007 — 16 16 #5,503
2006 — 15 15 #5,580
2005 — 14 14 #5,645
2004 — 18 18 #4,668
2003 — 6 6 #9,849
2002 — 11 11 #6,207
2001 — 9 9 #7,086
2000 — 12 12 #5,682
1999 — 12 12 #5,408
1998 — 10 10 #5,969
1997 — 13 13 #4,758
1996 — 10 10 #5,686
1995 — 9 9 #6,068
1994 — 9 9 #6,036
1993 — 9 9 #5,914
1992 — 9 9 #5,813
1991 — 6 6 #7,576
1990 — 6 6 #7,455
1989 — 7 7 #6,504
1988 — 9 9 #4,932
1987 — 5 5 #7,364
1986 — 6 6 #6,259
1985 — 6 6 #6,057
1983 — 7 7 #5,144
1981 — 5 5 #6,670
1979 — 7 7 #5,088
1978 — 8 8 #4,376
1977 — 6 6 #5,470
1976 — 6 6 #5,281
1974 — 6 6 #4,948
1973 — 5 5 #5,504
1972 — 5 5 #5,412
1961 — 6 6 #4,016
1960 — 5 5 #4,527
1959 — 10 10 #2,817
1958 — 5 5 #4,450