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.

Dude

#20,346 most common boys' name of all time · #53,511 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–1970

Rank among boys
#20,346
Rank overall
#53,511 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
8 of 146
All-time
45
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #3,220
Best rank
#2,770 1912
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
192019401960

Dude first appears in 1912. 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
1970 — 5 5 #4,897
1929 — 5 5 #4,139
1921 — 7 7 #3,657
1918 — 8 8 #3,220
1916 — 5 5 #4,090
1914 — 5 5 #3,456
1913 — 5 5 #3,040
1912 — 5 5 #2,770