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.

Elbie*

#16,119 most common boys' name of all time · #42,029 across all names · 89% male / 11% female · used 1916–2024 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#16,119
Rank overall
#42,029 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
91
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1922 #4,146
Best rank
#3,098 1946
Girls Boys peak 11/yr
192019401960198020002020

Elbie first appears in 1916. 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
2024 5 — 5 —
1952 — 5 5 #4,012
1946 — 7 7 #3,098
1941 — 5 5 #3,840
1940 — 5 5 #3,770
1937 — 5 5 #3,846
1927 — 7 7 #3,693
1922 5 6 11 #4,146
1921 — 7 7 #3,785
1920 — 5 5 #4,681
1919 — 6 6 #4,036
1918 — 8 8 #3,324
1917 — 8 8 #3,188
1916 — 7 7 #3,470