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.

Ector

#5,561 most common boys' name of all time · #13,846 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1919–2022

Rank among boys
#5,561
Rank overall
#13,846 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
783
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1995 #3,227
Best rank
#1,950 1953
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ector first appears in 1919. 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
2022 6 6 #11,026
2013 6 6 #10,864
2012 5 5 #12,458
2011 8 8 #8,870
2010 7 7 #9,829
2009 8 8 #9,093
2008 5 5 #12,766
2007 12 12 #6,688
2006 20 20 #4,550
2005 16 16 #5,084
2004 12 12 #6,199
2003 10 10 #6,804
2002 11 11 #6,170
2001 14 14 #5,182
2000 18 18 #4,247
1999 12 12 #5,374
1998 16 16 #4,241
1997 10 10 #5,733
1996 9 9 #6,089
1995 21 21 #3,227
1994 13 13 #4,589
1993 18 18 #3,549
1992 17 17 #3,650
1991 18 18 #3,368
1990 16 16 #3,662
1989 16 16 #3,513
1988 13 13 #3,775
1987 6 6 #6,296
1986 9 9 #4,577
1985 18 18 #2,764
1983 13 13 #3,297
1982 14 14 #3,191
1981 12 12 #3,484
1980 18 18 #2,667
1979 11 11 #3,666
1978 9 9 #3,950
1977 6 6 #5,342
1976 15 15 #2,762
1975 11 11 #3,326
1974 5 5 #5,456
1973 17 17 #2,361
1972 7 7 #4,144
1971 9 9 #3,501
1970 11 11 #2,995
1969 7 7 #3,762
1968 5 5 #4,421
1967 9 9 #2,876
1966 8 8 #3,135
1965 14 14 #2,240
1963 8 8 #3,221
1962 9 9 #2,967
1961 5 5 #4,372
1960 15 15 #2,195
1959 9 9 #2,960
1958 10 10 #2,761
1957 9 9 #2,961
1956 13 13 #2,341
1955 8 8 #3,142
1954 7 7 #3,379
1953 17 17 #1,950
1952 6 6 #3,612
1951 9 9 #2,804
1950 9 9 #2,739
1946 7 7 #3,120
1942 5 5 #3,930
1935 6 6 #3,585
1934 5 5 #4,080
1931 7 7 #3,358
1929 7 7 #3,535
1928 8 8 #3,327
1927 8 8 #3,421
1926 6 6 #4,107
1922 6 6 #4,228
1921 6 6 #4,232
1919 7 7 #3,721