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.

Del*

#1,741 most common boys' name of all time · #4,225 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1909–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,741
Rank overall
#4,225 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
4,970
Since 2016
107
Peak year
1958 #645
Best rank
#645 1958
Girls Boys peak 168/yr
192019401960198020002020

Del first appears in 1909. 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 — 9 9 #8,277
2024 — 12 12 #6,861
2023 — 14 14 #6,243
2022 — 9 9 #8,362
2021 — 12 12 #6,719
2020 — 15 15 #5,716
2019 — 10 10 #7,682
2018 — 8 8 #8,866
2017 — 6 6 #10,871
2016 — 12 12 #6,759
2015 — 7 7 #9,636
2014 — 11 11 #7,091
2013 — 15 15 #5,683
2012 — 6 6 #10,861
2011 — 5 5 #12,379
2010 — 10 10 #7,627
2009 — 9 9 #8,349
2008 — 10 10 #7,747
2007 — 13 13 #6,290
2006 — 13 13 #6,127
2005 — 15 15 #5,302
2004 — 5 5 #11,449
2003 — 9 9 #7,291
2002 — 9 9 #7,105
2001 — 9 9 #6,987
2000 — 12 12 #5,621
1999 — 17 17 #4,194
1998 — 12 12 #5,198
1997 — 15 15 #4,279
1996 — 16 16 #4,048
1995 — 11 11 #5,168
1994 — 15 15 #4,125
1993 — 18 18 #3,532
1992 — 14 14 #4,142
1991 — 27 27 #2,557
1990 — 22 22 #2,884
1989 — 21 21 #2,923
1988 — 18 18 #2,981
1987 — 25 25 #2,290
1986 — 18 18 #2,802
1985 — 25 25 #2,182
1984 — 27 27 #2,004
1983 — 16 16 #2,813
1982 — 10 10 #4,017
1981 — 21 21 #2,357
1980 — 20 20 #2,463
1979 — 37 37 #1,580
1978 — 31 31 #1,734
1977 — 24 24 #2,029
1976 — 33 33 #1,623
1975 — 38 38 #1,440
1974 — 43 43 #1,297
1973 5 30 35 #1,596
1972 — 50 50 #1,154
1971 — 61 61 #1,044
1970 7 80 87 #899
1969 8 77 85 #876
1968 15 81 96 #823
1967 8 72 80 #844
1966 11 76 87 #837
1965 13 105 118 #727
1964 — 100 100 #764
1963 17 122 139 #703
1962 11 109 120 #736
1961 26 90 116 #807
1960 17 135 152 #673
1959 12 140 152 #651
1958 25 143 168 #645
1957 24 130 154 #668
1956 31 112 143 #702
1955 20 113 133 #691
1954 21 122 143 #657
1953 22 90 112 #752
1952 23 90 113 #744
1951 17 83 100 #773
1950 21 72 93 #804
1949 10 63 73 #870
1948 11 83 94 #743
1947 12 87 99 #741
1946 8 64 72 #825
1945 15 41 56 #1,002
1944 11 37 48 #1,101
1943 9 49 58 #967
1942 12 50 62 #943
1941 10 37 47 #1,082
1940 11 45 56 #964
1939 14 42 56 #989
1938 15 43 58 #975
1937 14 41 55 #998
1936 13 41 54 #987
1935 11 29 40 #1,267
1934 10 32 42 #1,188
1933 14 34 48 #1,142
1932 14 22 36 #1,538
1931 9 27 36 #1,357
1930 9 22 31 #1,594
1929 10 25 35 #1,472
1928 8 19 27 #1,801
1927 7 20 27 #1,782
1926 6 19 25 #1,825
1925 6 16 22 #2,057
1924 9 17 26 #2,005
1923 11 18 29 #1,916
1922 12 9 21 #3,101
1921 — 13 13 #2,432
1920 — 10 10 #2,848
1919 6 15 21 #2,124
1918 6 13 19 #2,340
1917 — 9 9 #2,818
1916 — 14 14 #2,113
1915 5 28 33 #1,263
1914 — 9 9 #2,380
1913 — 9 9 #2,041
1912 — 8 8 #1,997
1911 — 6 6 #1,703
1910 — 5 5 #1,791
1909 — 5 5 #1,653