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.

Ezell*

#2,162 most common boys' name of all time · #5,179 across all names · 89% male / 11% female · used 1897–2024 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,162
Rank overall
#5,179 of 105,966
First appeared
1897
Years on the list
120 of 146
All-time
3,654
Since 2016
44
Peak year
1922 #987
Best rank
#812 1907
Girls Boys peak 71/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ezell first appears in 1897. 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 — 6 6 #10,995
2023 — 7 7 #9,793
2022 — 9 9 #8,347
2020 — 7 7 #9,595
2019 — 5 5 #12,211
2018 — 5 5 #12,231
2016 — 5 5 #12,256
2014 — 6 6 #10,784
2013 — 6 6 #10,773
2012 — 7 7 #9,755
2011 — 7 7 #9,659
2010 — 5 5 #12,310
2009 — 6 6 #11,061
2007 — 11 11 #7,130
2006 — 9 9 #8,023
2005 — 6 6 #10,209
2004 — 9 9 #7,583
2003 — 7 7 #8,690
2002 — 13 13 #5,421
2001 — 10 10 #6,479
2000 — 10 10 #6,354
1999 — 10 10 #6,083
1998 — 13 13 #4,897
1997 — 11 11 #5,318
1996 — 18 18 #3,693
1994 — 22 22 #3,125
1993 — 22 22 #3,058
1992 — 19 19 #3,362
1991 — 16 16 #3,651
1990 — 16 16 #3,633
1989 — 17 17 #3,349
1988 — 13 13 #3,737
1987 — 14 14 #3,369
1986 — 15 15 #3,155
1985 — 10 10 #4,093
1984 — 14 14 #3,134
1983 — 10 10 #3,912
1982 — 13 13 #3,318
1981 — 15 15 #2,924
1980 — 18 18 #2,637
1979 — 20 20 #2,392
1978 — 15 15 #2,836
1977 — 29 29 #1,790
1976 — 24 24 #2,014
1975 — 25 25 #1,901
1974 — 16 16 #2,481
1973 — 24 24 #1,837
1972 — 32 32 #1,518
1971 — 30 30 #1,606
1970 — 24 24 #1,818
1969 — 27 27 #1,584
1968 — 21 21 #1,753
1967 — 31 31 #1,375
1966 — 36 36 #1,272
1965 — 25 25 #1,570
1964 — 24 24 #1,624
1963 — 33 33 #1,365
1962 — 26 26 #1,561
1961 — 38 38 #1,293
1960 — 34 34 #1,373
1959 — 34 34 #1,347
1958 — 46 46 #1,143
1957 — 34 34 #1,355
1956 — 31 31 #1,405
1955 — 52 52 #1,052
1954 5 49 54 #1,075
1953 8 58 66 #947
1952 9 60 69 #921
1951 — 62 62 #898
1950 — 50 50 #983
1949 — 54 54 #945
1948 — 61 61 #876
1947 9 53 62 #982
1946 — 45 45 #1,030
1945 6 39 45 #1,030
1944 8 48 56 #932
1943 8 54 62 #914
1942 10 52 62 #926
1941 6 40 46 #1,031
1940 5 43 48 #991
1939 6 37 43 #1,063
1938 9 50 59 #891
1937 — 47 47 #916
1936 — 52 52 #850
1935 7 32 39 #1,187
1934 — 42 42 #998
1933 7 56 63 #831
1932 10 51 61 #912
1931 11 49 60 #935
1930 7 57 64 #882
1929 18 49 67 #972
1928 16 50 66 #978
1927 22 42 64 #1,109
1926 13 43 56 #1,083
1925 19 50 69 #968
1924 14 40 54 #1,143
1923 9 49 58 #1,003
1922 19 52 71 #987
1921 10 40 50 #1,135
1920 17 45 62 #1,042
1919 17 49 66 #967
1918 20 38 58 #1,122
1917 16 34 50 #1,165
1916 20 35 55 #1,116
1915 10 34 44 #1,119
1914 9 35 44 #945
1913 — 30 30 #910
1912 12 12 24 #1,485
1911 8 16 24 #854
1910 5 10 15 #1,109
1909 — 12 12 #889
1908 6 5 11 #1,519
1907 — 12 12 #812
1905 — 9 9 #914
1904 — 6 6 #1,180
1903 — 7 7 #1,003
1902 — 6 6 #1,125
1900 — 7 7 #1,144
1899 — 6 6 #1,047
1897 — 6 6 #1,055