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.

Farris*

#2,199 most common boys' name of all time · #5,278 across all names · 85% male / 15% female · used 1897–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,199
Rank overall
#5,278 of 105,966
First appeared
1897
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
3,538
Since 2016
167
Peak year
1926 #911
Best rank
#683 1908
Girls Boys peak 72/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Farris 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
2025 11 11 #7,216
2024 11 11 #7,286
2023 6 9 15 #8,296
2022 5 14 19 #6,163
2021 7 13 20 #6,356
2020 5 11 16 #7,061
2019 12 12 #6,796
2018 7 12 19 #6,728
2017 9 15 24 #5,810
2016 6 14 20 #6,073
2015 5 11 16 #7,084
2014 12 12 #6,655
2013 13 13 #6,258
2012 16 16 #5,493
2011 7 17 24 #5,217
2010 15 15 #5,758
2009 5 18 23 #5,118
2008 20 20 #4,731
2007 17 17 #5,222
2006 16 16 #5,316
2005 6 11 17 #6,668
2004 16 16 #5,032
2003 18 18 #4,449
2002 8 8 #7,699
2001 22 22 #3,738
2000 24 24 #3,432
1999 17 17 #4,184
1998 13 13 #4,898
1997 21 21 #3,363
1996 5 19 24 #3,564
1995 13 13 #4,541
1994 5 25 30 #2,863
1993 14 14 #4,257
1992 5 27 32 #2,609
1991 19 19 #3,245
1990 6 19 25 #3,193
1989 5 21 26 #2,917
1988 5 20 25 #2,782
1987 5 15 20 #3,225
1986 10 9 19 #4,509
1985 11 11 22 #3,843
1984 5 19 24 #2,548
1983 9 11 20 #3,672
1982 6 11 17 #3,741
1981 16 16 #2,803
1980 14 14 #3,125
1979 23 23 #2,183
1978 16 16 #2,701
1977 15 15 #2,813
1976 19 19 #2,344
1975 15 15 #2,663
1974 15 15 #2,578
1973 12 12 #2,896
1972 8 8 #3,686
1971 10 10 #3,205
1970 23 23 #1,861
1969 17 17 #2,072
1968 11 11 #2,624
1967 6 24 30 #1,591
1966 13 13 #2,249
1965 24 24 #1,605
1964 29 29 #1,472
1963 23 23 #1,670
1962 6 33 39 #1,373
1961 25 25 #1,617
1960 31 31 #1,448
1959 5 21 26 #1,778
1958 6 29 35 #1,460
1957 5 28 33 #1,498
1956 7 33 40 #1,350
1955 6 33 39 #1,330
1954 6 27 33 #1,484
1953 9 33 42 #1,322
1952 8 33 41 #1,310
1951 9 39 48 #1,167
1950 6 23 29 #1,551
1949 37 37 #1,180
1948 9 38 47 #1,169
1947 29 29 #1,379
1946 25 25 #1,425
1945 5 43 48 #979
1944 10 35 45 #1,129
1943 6 43 49 #1,029
1942 8 24 32 #1,451
1941 5 31 36 #1,201
1940 5 42 47 #1,002
1939 9 37 46 #1,064
1938 9 31 40 #1,192
1937 9 48 57 #902
1936 8 39 47 #1,020
1935 8 37 45 #1,075
1934 6 29 35 #1,257
1933 10 43 53 #974
1932 9 54 63 #873
1931 6 41 47 #1,063
1930 14 55 69 #902
1929 9 31 40 #1,289
1928 8 36 44 #1,204
1927 11 44 55 #1,077
1926 17 55 72 #911
1925 14 37 51 #1,179
1924 15 51 66 #989
1923 11 56 67 #921
1922 12 42 54 #1,099
1921 11 51 62 #989
1920 7 54 61 #943
1919 12 49 61 #968
1918 14 36 50 #1,168
1917 11 35 46 #1,146
1916 8 41 49 #1,008
1915 8 43 51 #959
1914 7 29 36 #1,067
1913 23 23 #1,070
1912 5 15 20 #1,258
1911 14 14 #923
1910 14 14 #856
1909 7 8 15 #1,141
1908 16 16 #683
1907 10 10 #927
1906 7 7 #1,100
1905 9 9 #915
1902 7 7 #1,009
1900 11 11 #835
1898 6 6 #1,115
1897 5 5 #1,219