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.

Criss*

#5,901 most common boys' name of all time · #14,689 across all names · 84% male / 16% female · used 1918–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#5,901
Rank overall
#14,689 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
712
Since 2016
50
Peak year
2007 #2,931
Best rank
#1,962 1959
Girls Boys peak 40/yr
192019401960198020002020

Criss first appears in 1918. 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 — 5 5 #12,165
2024 — 6 6 #11,067
2023 — 5 5 #12,447
2021 — 5 5 #12,351
2019 — 6 6 #10,947
2018 — 6 6 #10,908
2017 — 8 8 #8,943
2016 — 9 9 #8,232
2015 — 14 14 #6,043
2014 — 11 11 #7,118
2013 — 7 7 #9,797
2012 — 11 11 #7,101
2011 — 9 9 #8,162
2010 — 27 27 #3,825
2009 — 23 23 #4,315
2008 — 29 29 #3,667
2007 — 40 40 #2,931
2006 — 17 17 #5,124
2005 — 11 11 #6,712
1992 — 6 6 #7,619
1989 — 5 5 #8,139
1984 — 6 6 #5,763
1980 — 8 8 #4,622
1978 — 5 5 #6,022
1976 — 5 5 #5,833
1975 — 7 7 #4,471
1973 — 7 7 #4,207
1971 — 8 8 #3,787
1970 — 5 5 #5,005
1969 — 8 8 #3,449
1968 7 7 14 #3,522
1966 5 12 17 #2,413
1965 — 6 6 #3,717
1964 10 17 27 #2,020
1963 14 12 26 #2,505
1962 6 15 21 #2,171
1961 7 17 24 #2,053
1960 6 17 23 #2,020
1959 7 18 25 #1,962
1958 10 12 22 #2,468
1957 6 13 19 #2,348
1956 — 14 14 #2,240
1955 6 7 13 #3,396
1954 — 5 5 #4,135
1953 — 15 15 #2,089
1952 8 6 14 #3,601
1951 6 7 13 #3,286
1950 — 15 15 #2,011
1949 — 11 11 #2,440
1948 9 6 15 #3,559
1947 7 6 13 #3,620
1946 — 5 5 #3,859
1939 — 9 9 #2,595
1926 — 9 9 #3,125
1924 — 6 6 #4,240
1919 — 5 5 #4,606
1918 — 7 7 #3,701