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.

Fain*

#17,118 most common boys' name of all time · #44,716 across all names · 92% boys / 8% girls · used 1920–2016 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#17,118
Rank overall
#44,716 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
77
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1932 #2,844
Best rank
#2,713 1935
📖The word “fain” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
19201940196019802000

Fain first appears in 1920. 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
2016 — 5 5 #12,391
1954 6 — 6 —
1953 — 5 5 #4,159
1952 — 5 5 #4,079
1950 — 5 5 #4,008
1942 — 5 5 #3,941
1935 — 9 9 #2,713
1932 — 9 9 #2,844
1924 — 5 5 #4,803
1923 — 5 5 #4,760
1922 — 5 5 #4,793
1921 — 7 7 #3,847
1920 — 6 6 #4,245