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.

Fed

#17,513 most common boys' name of all time · #45,806 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1889–1941

Rank among boys
#17,513
Rank overall
#45,806 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
72
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1924 #3,303
Best rank
#964 1889
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
190019201940

Fed first appears in 1889. 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
1941 — 5 5 #3,591
1932 — 7 7 #3,153
1931 — 8 8 #2,924
1928 — 6 6 #3,766
1924 — 8 8 #3,303
1922 — 5 5 #4,382
1920 — 5 5 #4,364
1918 — 5 5 #4,248
1917 — 5 5 #4,057
1916 — 6 6 #3,573
1914 — 6 6 #2,986
1889 — 6 6 #964