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.

Decory

#20,499 most common boys' name of all time · #53,846 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1976–2006

Rank among boys
#20,499
Rank overall
#53,846 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
8 of 146
All-time
44
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1992 #7,905
Best rank
#6,315 1976
Girls Boys peak 6/yr
19802000

Decory first appears in 1976. 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
2006 — 6 6 #11,077
1999 — 6 6 #9,144
1997 — 6 6 #8,581
1994 — 5 5 #9,351
1992 — 6 6 #7,905
1988 — 5 5 #7,899
1980 — 5 5 #6,990
1976 — 5 5 #6,315