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.

Ferlin

#10,415 most common boys' name of all time · #26,433 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1954–1982

Rank among boys
#10,415
Rank overall
#26,433 of 105,966
First appeared
1954
Years on the list
21 of 146
All-time
257
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1958 #1,556
Best rank
#1,556 1958
Girls Boys peak 26/yr
19601980

Ferlin first appears in 1954. 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
1982 6 6 #5,916
1978 5 5 #6,168
1975 9 9 #3,813
1972 7 7 #4,232
1970 11 11 #3,026
1969 7 7 #3,840
1968 6 6 #3,998
1967 12 12 #2,457
1966 18 18 #1,885
1965 12 12 #2,465
1964 12 12 #2,538
1963 12 12 #2,535
1962 19 19 #1,894
1961 12 12 #2,532
1960 12 12 #2,528
1959 23 23 #1,708
1958 26 26 #1,556
1957 15 15 #2,189
1956 17 17 #2,013
1955 10 10 #2,761
1954 6 6 #3,813