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.

De**

#4,050 most common boys' name of all time · #9,915 across all names · 52% male / 48% female · used 1914–2011 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#4,050
Rank overall
#9,915 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
79 of 146
All-time
1,322
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1992 #1,809
Best rank
#1,809 1992
Girls Boys peak 64/yr
19201940196019802000

De first appears in 1914. 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
2011 7 7 #9,705
2007 7 7 #9,897
2006 12 12 #6,514
2005 5 10 15 #7,165
2004 13 13 #5,847
2003 14 14 #5,302
2002 5 17 22 #4,536
2001 10 21 31 #3,859
2000 19 41 60 #2,339
1999 19 35 54 #2,522
1998 7 29 36 #2,799
1997 8 28 36 #2,772
1996 12 37 49 #2,226
1995 12 29 41 #2,567
1994 17 41 58 #2,024
1993 17 37 54 #2,132
1992 18 46 64 #1,809
1991 17 32 49 #2,251
1990 11 27 38 #2,512
1989 18 18 #3,240
1988 8 8 #5,311
1986 6 6 #6,072
1985 7 18 25 #2,755
1984 8 8
1983 12 8 20 #4,593
1982 8 8 16 #4,689
1981 13 5 18 #6,468
1980 7 6 13 #5,685
1978 7 7 14 #4,680
1977 8 5 13 #6,049
1976 9 9
1975 5 5 #5,654
1974 5 5
1973 6 6
1972 9 6 15 #4,597
1971 11 7 18 #4,111
1970 16 6 22 #4,384
1969 15 15
1968 27 5 32 #4,350
1967 13 5 18 #4,176
1966 8 8
1965 13 13
1964 11 11
1963 12 12
1962 23 23
1961 16 5 21 #4,295
1960 10 10
1959 12 12
1958 11 11
1957 16 6 22 #3,766
1955 9 9
1954 8 8
1953 9 9
1952 7 7
1951 5 5
1950 11 11
1949 5 5
1948 5 5
1947 9 9
1946 8 8
1945 9 9
1944 5 5
1943 5 5 10 #3,813
1942 9 9
1941 7 7
1940 7 7
1939 6 5 11 #3,753
1938 7 7
1937 5 5
1931 6 6 #3,601
1928 7 7 #3,563
1927 7 7 #3,644
1925 5 5
1924 5 5
1923 5 5 #4,522
1918 5 5 10 #4,450
1917 11 11 #2,550
1916 8 8 #3,114
1914 5 5 #3,567