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.

Dristen*

#19,840 most common boys' name of all time · #52,135 across all names · 90% male / 10% female · used 1981–2008 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#19,840
Rank overall
#52,135 of 105,966
First appeared
1981
Years on the list
9 of 146
All-time
49
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1996 #7,585
Best rank
#7,585 1996
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
2000

Dristen first appears in 1981. 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
2008 — 5 5 #13,169
2007 — 5 5 #12,964
2005 — 5 5 #12,095
2004 — 5 5 #11,981
2003 — 6 6 #10,080
1999 — 5 5 #10,571
1998 — 6 6 #9,022
1996 — 7 7 #7,585
1981 5 — 5 —