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.

Dewey

#617 most common boys' name of all time · #1,373 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1887–2025

Rank among boys
#617
Rank overall
#1,373 of 105,966
First appeared
1887
Years on the list
139 of 146
All-time
34,920
Since 2016
264
Peak year
1898 #19
Best rank
#19 1898
Girls Boys peak 1,219/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Dewey first appears in 1887. 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 — 28 28 #3,855
2024 — 31 31 #3,610
2023 — 23 23 #4,466
2022 — 19 19 #5,031
2021 — 35 35 #3,300
2020 — 30 30 #3,574
2019 — 28 28 #3,801
2018 — 26 26 #4,003
2017 — 28 28 #3,791
2016 — 16 16 #5,572
2015 — 17 17 #5,303
2014 — 17 17 #5,264
2013 — 28 28 #3,670
2012 — 33 33 #3,301
2011 — 21 21 #4,518
2010 — 20 20 #4,688
2009 — 25 25 #4,043
2008 — 36 36 #3,170
2007 — 42 42 #2,817
2006 — 27 27 #3,696
2005 — 30 30 #3,327
2004 — 38 38 #2,747
2003 — 30 30 #3,124
2002 — 33 33 #2,830
2001 — 24 24 #3,520
2000 — 32 32 #2,813
1999 — 29 29 #2,872
1998 — 50 50 #1,934
1997 — 37 37 #2,268
1996 — 50 50 #1,820
1995 — 36 36 #2,214
1994 — 44 44 #1,896
1993 — 51 51 #1,701
1992 — 68 68 #1,374
1991 — 62 62 #1,443
1990 — 65 65 #1,386
1989 — 77 77 #1,223
1988 — 76 76 #1,156
1987 — 74 74 #1,115
1986 — 88 88 #985
1985 — 67 67 #1,138
1984 — 93 93 #913
1983 — 99 99 #886
1982 — 108 108 #856
1981 — 105 105 #865
1980 — 134 134 #760
1979 — 142 142 #727
1978 — 118 118 #775
1977 — 139 139 #723
1976 — 134 134 #723
1975 — 164 164 #630
1974 — 159 159 #640
1973 — 149 149 #654
1972 — 182 182 #592
1971 — 220 220 #541
1970 — 228 228 #535
1969 — 216 216 #534
1968 — 225 225 #503
1967 — 208 208 #519
1966 — 235 235 #494
1965 — 271 271 #473
1964 — 281 281 #472
1963 — 291 291 #461
1962 — 279 279 #476
1961 — 303 303 #465
1960 — 318 318 #452
1959 — 328 328 #441
1958 — 331 331 #432
1957 — 367 367 #408
1956 5 389 394 #383
1955 — 403 403 #363
1954 — 392 392 #364
1953 — 390 390 #351
1952 — 420 420 #340
1951 — 418 418 #333
1950 6 393 399 #340
1949 7 461 468 #317
1948 — 615 615 #266
1947 — 553 553 #293
1946 5 522 527 #282
1945 — 478 478 #274
1944 5 653 658 #213
1943 — 566 566 #248
1942 7 506 513 #265
1941 5 476 481 #256
1940 9 542 551 #229
1939 5 478 483 #241
1938 7 501 508 #238
1937 9 479 488 #242
1936 6 500 506 #230
1935 12 503 515 #231
1934 11 514 525 #228
1933 12 520 532 #221
1932 13 583 596 #212
1931 11 597 608 #211
1930 18 653 671 #205
1929 17 634 651 #208
1928 13 675 688 #202
1927 14 720 734 #197
1926 15 767 782 #188
1925 18 798 816 #181
1924 11 773 784 #186
1923 18 762 780 #185
1922 13 714 727 #193
1921 16 762 778 #184
1920 11 619 630 #208
1919 14 607 621 #205
1918 20 556 576 #224
1917 8 417 425 #247
1916 6 357 363 #268
1915 — 286 286 #303
1914 7 205 212 #317
1913 7 172 179 #304
1912 6 166 172 #276
1911 — 107 107 #249
1910 — 87 87 #262
1909 — 91 91 #230
1908 — 99 99 #207
1907 5 93 98 #208
1906 6 83 89 #216
1905 — 99 99 #185
1904 — 97 97 #186
1903 7 140 147 #134
1902 5 136 141 #140
1901 7 137 144 #121
1900 9 345 354 #75
1899 24 499 523 #39
1898 104 1,115 1,219 #19
1897 13 158 171 #111
1896 — 63 63 #229
1895 — 28 28 #357
1894 — 17 17 #501
1893 — 8 8 #830
1892 — 8 8 #855
1891 — 9 9 #699
1890 — 16 16 #488
1889 — 13 13 #548
1888 — 7 7 #910
1887 — 5 5 #1,051