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.

Eldred*

#2,032 most common boys' name of all time · #4,864 across all names · 93% boys / 7% girls · used 1882–2012 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,032
Rank overall
#4,864 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
107 of 146
All-time
4,040
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #573
Best rank
#528 1917
Girls Boys peak 168/yr
190019201940196019802000

Eldred first appears in 1882. 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
2012 — 6 6 #10,805
2006 — 9 9 #8,010
2001 — 6 6 #9,287
2000 — 9 9 #6,868
1998 — 7 7 #7,602
1996 — 5 5 #9,054
1995 — 5 5 #8,914
1994 — 6 6 #7,805
1993 — 10 10 #5,383
1992 — 11 11 #4,894
1991 — 6 6 #7,307
1990 — 12 12 #4,421
1989 — 10 10 #4,843
1988 — 7 7 #5,799
1987 — 11 11 #3,982
1986 — 7 7 #5,363
1985 — 10 10 #4,075
1984 — 12 12 #3,484
1983 — 12 12 #3,432
1982 — 9 9 #4,264
1981 — 14 14 #3,052
1980 — 13 13 #3,272
1979 — 10 10 #3,835
1978 — 13 13 #3,080
1977 — 11 11 #3,412
1976 — 6 6 #4,981
1975 — 20 20 #2,220
1974 — 11 11 #3,150
1973 — 16 16 #2,422
1972 — 15 15 #2,440
1971 — 19 19 #2,147
1970 — 30 30 #1,552
1969 — 22 22 #1,776
1968 — 26 26 #1,549
1967 — 30 30 #1,394
1966 — 27 27 #1,489
1965 — 22 22 #1,683
1964 — 18 18 #1,919
1963 — 27 27 #1,522
1962 — 27 27 #1,526
1961 — 31 31 #1,444
1960 — 20 20 #1,824
1959 — 36 36 #1,309
1958 — 26 26 #1,540
1957 — 49 49 #1,091
1956 — 38 38 #1,241
1955 — 28 28 #1,464
1954 — 27 27 #1,480
1953 — 34 34 #1,290
1952 — 33 33 #1,305
1951 — 30 30 #1,353
1950 — 30 30 #1,320
1949 — 25 25 #1,470
1948 — 31 31 #1,302
1947 5 37 42 #1,196
1946 — 32 32 #1,243
1945 — 29 29 #1,234
1944 — 28 28 #1,268
1943 — 26 26 #1,381
1942 — 44 44 #1,014
1941 8 51 59 #894
1940 — 39 39 #1,038
1939 5 60 65 #788
1938 — 49 49 #906
1937 8 53 61 #841
1936 5 33 38 #1,157
1935 — 56 56 #840
1934 — 57 57 #831
1933 9 58 67 #817
1932 5 70 75 #752
1931 5 80 85 #670
1930 10 81 91 #693
1929 7 90 97 #653
1928 11 94 105 #646
1927 6 95 101 #651
1926 8 93 101 #656
1925 8 102 110 #624
1924 14 102 116 #636
1923 14 118 132 #578
1922 25 94 119 #665
1921 46 122 168 #573
1920 15 118 133 #575
1919 9 92 101 #636
1918 11 98 109 #623
1917 11 120 131 #528
1916 9 84 93 #638
1915 11 102 113 #559
1914 9 81 90 #552
1913 6 62 68 #551
1912 — 44 44 #633
1911 8 22 30 #682
1910 6 17 23 #750
1909 — 13 13 #829
1908 — 9 9 #989
1907 — 8 8 #1,055
1905 — 14 14 #661
1904 — 9 9 #856
1902 — 14 14 #611
1901 — 5 5 #1,145
1898 — 9 9 #793
1896 — 9 9 #815
1895 — 7 7 #940
1894 — 5 5 #1,157
1892 — 8 8 #843
1889 — 6 6 #943
1883 — 7 7 #789
1882 — 5 5 #1,039