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.

Fenton

#3,097 most common boys' name of all time · #7,518 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1883–2025

Rank among boys
#3,097
Rank overall
#7,518 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
126 of 146
All-time
2,046
Since 2016
179
Peak year
1922 #1,129
Best rank
#793 1895
Girls Boys peak 40/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Fenton first appears in 1883. 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 — 12 12 #6,823
2024 — 11 11 #7,277
2023 — 9 9 #8,283
2022 — 9 9 #8,333
2021 — 17 17 #5,347
2020 — 17 17 #5,248
2019 — 22 22 #4,487
2018 — 27 27 #3,895
2017 — 23 23 #4,337
2016 — 32 32 #3,446
2015 — 38 38 #3,027
2014 — 17 17 #5,262
2013 — 22 22 #4,320
2012 — 35 35 #3,181
2011 — 21 21 #4,517
2010 — 16 16 #5,489
2009 — 20 20 #4,758
2008 — 21 21 #4,549
2007 — 27 27 #3,804
2006 — 17 17 #5,083
2005 — 15 15 #5,292
2004 — 8 8 #8,177
2003 — 9 9 #7,270
2002 — 9 9 #7,083
2001 — 9 9 #6,963
1999 — 6 6 #8,740
1998 — 5 5 #9,671
1995 — 6 6 #7,835
1993 — 6 6 #7,683
1992 — 6 6 #7,473
1991 — 7 7 #6,548
1990 — 10 10 #5,016
1989 — 8 8 #5,658
1988 — 5 5 #7,332
1987 — 8 8 #5,007
1986 — 7 7 #5,372
1985 — 5 5 #6,587
1984 — 10 10 #3,958
1983 — 5 5 #6,302
1982 — 12 12 #3,496
1981 — 10 10 #3,883
1980 — 10 10 #3,867
1979 — 10 10 #3,837
1978 — 7 7 #4,596
1977 — 9 9 #3,868
1975 — 8 8 #3,976
1974 — 11 11 #3,151
1972 — 11 11 #3,012
1971 — 12 12 #2,839
1970 — 14 14 #2,530
1969 — 18 18 #1,988
1968 — 12 12 #2,470
1967 — 14 14 #2,162
1966 — 11 11 #2,499
1965 — 17 17 #1,941
1964 — 15 15 #2,143
1963 — 12 12 #2,444
1962 — 19 19 #1,861
1961 — 22 22 #1,745
1960 — 21 21 #1,782
1959 — 17 17 #1,991
1958 — 29 29 #1,453
1957 — 18 18 #1,906
1956 — 15 15 #2,112
1955 — 20 20 #1,744
1954 — 18 18 #1,846
1953 — 25 25 #1,521
1952 — 10 10 #2,551
1951 — 14 14 #2,077
1950 — 19 19 #1,715
1949 — 19 19 #1,724
1948 — 17 17 #1,834
1947 — 17 17 #1,864
1946 — 15 15 #1,902
1945 — 12 12 #2,041
1944 — 19 19 #1,596
1943 — 14 14 #2,017
1942 — 17 17 #1,749
1941 — 25 25 #1,346
1940 — 21 21 #1,487
1939 — 16 16 #1,738
1938 — 14 14 #1,929
1937 — 13 13 #2,017
1936 — 17 17 #1,660
1935 — 19 19 #1,608
1934 — 27 27 #1,307
1933 — 26 26 #1,316
1932 — 22 22 #1,518
1931 — 22 22 #1,509
1930 — 20 20 #1,660
1929 — 10 10 #2,621
1928 — 25 25 #1,493
1927 — 37 37 #1,185
1926 — 40 40 #1,134
1925 — 36 36 #1,192
1924 — 34 34 #1,251
1923 — 32 32 #1,283
1922 — 40 40 #1,129
1921 — 29 29 #1,399
1920 — 34 34 #1,242
1919 — 39 39 #1,106
1918 — 34 34 #1,203
1917 — 21 21 #1,606
1916 — 26 26 #1,351
1915 — 39 39 #1,023
1914 — 23 23 #1,243
1913 — 19 19 #1,188
1912 — 16 16 #1,202
1911 — 6 6 #1,613
1910 — 7 7 #1,365
1909 — 7 7 #1,215
1908 — 7 7 #1,166
1907 — 10 10 #911
1906 — 10 10 #836
1905 — 7 7 #1,056
1904 — 7 7 #1,027
1903 — 8 8 #888
1902 — 5 5 #1,232
1901 — 6 6 #1,021
1900 — 5 5 #1,402
1898 — 7 7 #967
1897 — 5 5 #1,160
1895 — 9 9 #793
1894 — 5 5 #1,171
1888 — 7 7 #893
1883 — 5 5 #1,003