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.

Chico

#4,957 most common boys' name of all time · #12,261 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1922–2020

Rank among boys
#4,957
Rank overall
#12,261 of 105,966
First appeared
1922
Years on the list
70 of 146
All-time
951
Since 2016
12
Peak year
1977 #1,180
Best rank
#1,180 1977
Girls Boys peak 56/yr
19401960198020002020

Chico first appears in 1922. 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
2020 7 7 #9,679
2019 5 5 #12,356
2012 7 7 #9,844
2009 8 8 #9,103
2007 5 5 #12,602
2006 8 8 #8,855
2005 9 9 #7,769
2004 7 7 #9,094
2003 10 10 #6,812
2002 6 6 #9,570
2001 16 16 #4,712
2000 9 9 #6,948
1999 10 10 #6,154
1998 15 15 #4,459
1997 14 14 #4,513
1996 7 7 #7,292
1995 11 11 #5,212
1994 14 14 #4,352
1993 11 11 #5,097
1992 8 8 #6,248
1991 11 11 #4,862
1990 15 15 #3,840
1989 10 10 #4,903
1988 12 12 #3,975
1987 17 17 #2,990
1986 12 12 #3,726
1985 9 9 #4,466
1984 10 10 #4,021
1983 12 12 #3,501
1982 15 15 #3,019
1981 21 21 #2,375
1980 29 29 #1,944
1979 31 31 #1,814
1978 31 31 #1,744
1977 56 56 #1,180
1976 52 52 #1,201
1975 37 37 #1,468
1974 32 32 #1,568
1973 28 28 #1,677
1972 15 15 #2,491
1971 18 18 #2,250
1970 20 20 #2,032
1969 11 11 #2,776
1968 12 12 #2,531
1967 14 14 #2,214
1966 13 13 #2,296
1965 7 7 #3,419
1964 11 11 #2,632
1963 11 11 #2,624
1962 12 12 #2,468
1961 6 6 #3,897
1960 8 8 #3,247
1959 15 15 #2,176
1958 20 20 #1,823
1957 12 12 #2,474
1956 11 11 #2,599
1955 16 16 #2,036
1954 10 10 #2,709
1953 9 9 #2,863
1952 9 9 #2,840
1951 6 6 #3,627
1949 6 6 #3,619
1948 7 7 #3,258
1945 6 6 #3,283
1942 7 7 #3,184
1935 6 6 #3,606
1931 8 8 #3,088
1930 7 7 #3,564
1926 6 6 #4,148
1922 5 5 #4,847