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.

Decatur

#19,251 most common boys' name of all time · #50,517 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–2017

Rank among boys
#19,251
Rank overall
#50,517 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
54
Since 2016
5
Peak year
2008 #9,991
Best rank
#2,944 1945
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
19201940196019802000

Decatur first appears in 1916. 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
2017 — 5 5 #12,413
2008 — 7 7 #9,991
2006 — 5 5 #12,237
1945 — 7 7 #2,944
1933 — 5 5 #3,990
1932 — 5 5 #4,120
1927 — 5 5 #4,549
1926 — 5 5 #4,573
1925 — 5 5 #4,599
1916 — 5 5 #4,348