Ever**
#1,390 most common boys' name of all time · #3,341 across all names · 61% boys / 39% girls · used 1888–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,390
Rank overall
#3,341 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
7,375
Since 2016
2,702
Peak year
2023 #1,061
Best rank
#1,061 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 331/yr
Ever first appears in 1888. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131 | 169 | 300 | #1,198 |
| 2024 | 118 | 203 | 321 | #1,073 |
| 2023 | 126 | 205 | 331 | #1,061 |
| 2022 | 123 | 174 | 297 | #1,172 |
| 2021 | 115 | 166 | 281 | #1,183 |
| 2020 | 95 | 155 | 250 | #1,216 |
| 2019 | 107 | 160 | 267 | #1,195 |
| 2018 | 99 | 119 | 218 | #1,459 |
| 2017 | 86 | 131 | 217 | #1,361 |
| 2016 | 86 | 134 | 220 | #1,330 |
| 2015 | 111 | 148 | 259 | #1,233 |
| 2014 | 113 | 140 | 253 | #1,274 |
| 2013 | 111 | 121 | 232 | #1,390 |
| 2012 | 90 | 127 | 217 | #1,337 |
| 2011 | 96 | 135 | 231 | #1,273 |
| 2010 | 98 | 117 | 215 | #1,417 |
| 2009 | 69 | 146 | 215 | #1,228 |
| 2008 | 39 | 175 | 214 | #1,070 |
| 2007 | 17 | 155 | 172 | #1,150 |
| 2006 | 27 | 148 | 175 | #1,146 |
| 2005 | 10 | 148 | 158 | #1,114 |
| 2004 | 23 | 126 | 149 | #1,209 |
| 2003 | 23 | 117 | 140 | #1,239 |
| 2002 | 16 | 97 | 113 | #1,362 |
| 2001 | 8 | 102 | 110 | #1,288 |
| 2000 | 7 | 80 | 87 | #1,504 |
| 1999 | 9 | 69 | 78 | #1,587 |
| 1998 | 7 | 58 | 65 | #1,743 |
| 1997 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,571 |
| 1996 | 6 | 55 | 61 | #1,707 |
| 1995 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,764 |
| 1994 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,666 |
| 1993 | 8 | 54 | 62 | #1,641 |
| 1992 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,683 |
| 1991 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,729 |
| 1990 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,914 |
| 1989 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,927 |
| 1988 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,450 |
| 1987 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,409 |
| 1986 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #3,020 |
| 1985 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,448 |
| 1984 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,980 |
| 1983 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #3,663 |
| 1982 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,729 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,348 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,178 |
| 1979 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #3,383 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,837 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,924 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,003 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,071 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1957 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1956 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #3,594 |
| 1955 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1953 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1952 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1951 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1950 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1949 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1948 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1947 | 15 | — | 15 | — |
| 1946 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1945 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1944 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1943 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1942 | 23 | 5 | 28 | #3,636 |
| 1941 | 24 | — | 24 | — |
| 1940 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1939 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1938 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1937 | 32 | — | 32 | — |
| 1936 | 22 | — | 22 | — |
| 1935 | 23 | — | 23 | — |
| 1934 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1933 | 23 | — | 23 | — |
| 1932 | 22 | — | 22 | — |
| 1931 | 17 | — | 17 | — |
| 1930 | 20 | — | 20 | — |
| 1929 | 21 | — | 21 | — |
| 1928 | 29 | — | 29 | — |
| 1927 | 20 | — | 20 | — |
| 1926 | 21 | — | 21 | — |
| 1925 | 34 | — | 34 | — |
| 1924 | 30 | — | 30 | — |
| 1923 | 25 | — | 25 | — |
| 1922 | 20 | — | 20 | — |
| 1921 | 22 | — | 22 | — |
| 1920 | 17 | — | 17 | — |
| 1919 | 20 | — | 20 | — |
| 1918 | 29 | — | 29 | — |
| 1917 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1916 | 23 | 5 | 28 | #3,974 |
| 1915 | 25 | — | 25 | — |
| 1914 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1913 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1912 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1911 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1910 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1909 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1908 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1907 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1906 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1903 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1902 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1901 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1900 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1898 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1897 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1895 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1893 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1889 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1888 | 5 | — | 5 | — |