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.

Cluster

#19,113 most common boys' name of all time · #50,184 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–1955

Rank among boys
#19,113
Rank overall
#50,184 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
9 of 146
All-time
55
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1924 #3,479
Best rank
#3,264 1930
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
19201940

Cluster first appears in 1917. 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
1955 — 7 7 #3,388
1938 — 5 5 #3,894
1930 — 8 8 #3,264
1927 — 5 5 #4,587
1926 — 5 5 #4,603
1924 — 8 8 #3,479
1921 — 7 7 #3,814
1920 — 5 5 #4,743
1917 — 5 5 #4,430