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.

Compton

#16,805 most common boys' name of all time · #43,896 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–2024

Rank among boys
#16,805
Rank overall
#43,896 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
81
Since 2016
25
Peak year
2020 #8,817
Best rank
#3,649 1925
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
192019401960198020002020

Compton first appears in 1915. 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
2024 — 6 6 #11,051
2021 — 5 5 #12,314
2020 — 8 8 #8,817
2016 — 6 6 #10,873
2015 — 5 5 #12,238
2014 — 5 5 #12,268
2008 — 6 6 #11,173
1992 — 8 8 #6,216
1955 — 5 5 #4,132
1941 — 5 5 #3,829
1928 — 5 5 #4,476
1925 — 7 7 #3,649
1920 — 5 5 #4,646
1915 — 5 5 #4,178