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.

Cotter

#19,621 most common boys' name of all time · #51,481 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1990–2023

Rank among boys
#19,621
Rank overall
#51,481 of 105,966
First appeared
1990
Years on the list
9 of 146
All-time
51
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1992 #7,307
Best rank
#7,307 1992
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
20002020

Cotter first appears in 1990. 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
2023 — 6 6 #11,327
2015 — 5 5 #12,788
2008 — 5 5 #13,365
2007 — 7 7 #10,314
2004 — 6 6 #10,675
2000 — 5 5 #11,196
1992 — 7 7 #7,307
1991 — 5 5 #9,344
1990 — 5 5 #9,261