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.

Deforest

#6,143 most common boys' name of all time · #15,309 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1881–2001

Rank among boys
#6,143
Rank overall
#15,309 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
667
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #1,470
Best rank
#646 1881
Girls Boys peak 26/yr
190019201940196019802000

Deforest first appears in 1881. 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
2001 — 5 5 #10,585
1995 — 7 7 #7,017
1994 — 8 8 #6,397
1993 — 5 5 #8,740
1992 — 7 7 #6,697
1991 — 7 7 #6,541
1979 — 5 5 #6,119
1974 — 6 6 #4,673
1973 — 5 5 #5,145
1972 — 6 6 #4,480
1971 — 8 8 #3,691
1970 — 7 7 #3,868
1967 — 6 6 #3,599
1966 — 6 6 #3,571
1965 — 9 9 #2,803
1962 — 5 5 #4,082
1961 — 5 5 #4,117
1958 — 5 5 #3,986
1956 — 6 6 #3,565
1955 — 5 5 #3,934
1953 — 8 8 #2,928
1952 — 8 8 #2,907
1951 — 9 9 #2,688
1950 — 7 7 #3,053
1949 — 13 13 #2,141
1948 — 8 8 #2,816
1947 — 15 15 #1,997
1945 — 7 7 #2,777
1944 — 11 11 #2,214
1943 — 8 8 #2,764
1942 — 6 6 #3,254
1941 — 5 5 #3,552
1940 — 6 6 #3,170
1939 — 8 8 #2,640
1938 — 7 7 #2,907
1937 — 6 6 #3,215
1935 — 16 16 #1,775
1934 — 20 20 #1,566
1933 — 9 9 #2,573
1932 — 14 14 #2,012
1931 — 9 9 #2,683
1930 — 5 5 #4,047
1929 — 18 18 #1,804
1928 — 15 15 #2,072
1927 — 18 18 #1,885
1926 — 14 14 #2,211
1925 — 14 14 #2,213
1924 — 15 15 #2,155
1923 — 14 14 #2,246
1922 — 16 16 #2,062
1921 — 24 24 #1,553
1920 — 26 26 #1,470
1919 — 24 24 #1,492
1918 — 15 15 #2,090
1917 — 23 23 #1,492
1916 — 8 8 #2,954
1915 — 18 18 #1,667
1914 — 17 17 #1,505
1913 — 12 12 #1,605
1912 — 5 5 #2,578
1911 — 5 5 #1,790
1908 — 6 6 #1,260
1904 — 6 6 #1,121
1894 — 5 5 #1,136
1891 — 6 6 #909
1890 — 6 6 #941
1881 — 9 9 #646