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.

Ferman

#3,958 most common boys' name of all time · #9,643 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1886–2025

Rank among boys
#3,958
Rank overall
#9,643 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
104 of 146
All-time
1,383
Since 2016
18
Peak year
1921 #1,280
Best rank
#944 1886
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ferman first appears in 1886. 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 8 8 #8,937
2024 5 5 #12,389
2022 5 5 #12,382
2015 5 5 #12,133
2013 6 6 #10,759
2012 5 5 #12,313
2008 5 5 #12,626
2007 7 7 #9,828
2004 11 11 #6,546
2003 6 6 #9,630
2002 6 6 #9,430
2001 7 7 #8,387
2000 8 8 #7,456
1999 5 5 #9,967
1998 5 5 #9,677
1996 6 6 #8,014
1994 7 7 #7,001
1991 6 6 #7,326
1990 7 7 #6,467
1989 9 9 #5,199
1988 7 7 #5,806
1986 9 9 #4,497
1985 5 5 #6,597
1983 9 9 #4,176
1982 7 7 #5,062
1981 8 8 #4,551
1980 7 7 #4,983
1979 15 15 #2,915
1978 10 10 #3,640
1977 10 10 #3,638
1976 6 6 #4,998
1975 9 9 #3,695
1974 10 10 #3,358
1973 12 12 #2,886
1972 7 7 #4,012
1971 9 9 #3,412
1970 5 5 #4,797
1969 9 9 #3,104
1968 7 7 #3,407
1966 15 15 #2,068
1965 10 10 #2,644
1964 14 14 #2,231
1963 15 15 #2,137
1962 10 10 #2,722
1961 13 13 #2,345
1960 18 18 #1,931
1959 9 9 #2,865
1958 19 19 #1,858
1957 13 13 #2,299
1956 12 12 #2,391
1955 20 20 #1,750
1954 12 12 #2,358
1953 15 15 #2,058
1952 14 14 #2,098
1951 21 21 #1,658
1950 15 15 #1,965
1949 20 20 #1,684
1948 17 17 #1,837
1947 15 15 #2,001
1946 18 18 #1,724
1945 16 16 #1,730
1944 18 18 #1,649
1943 22 22 #1,504
1942 14 14 #1,982
1941 13 13 #2,025
1940 17 17 #1,707
1939 14 14 #1,911
1938 8 8 #2,696
1937 24 24 #1,386
1936 17 17 #1,664
1935 19 19 #1,612
1934 21 21 #1,519
1933 27 27 #1,298
1932 20 20 #1,608
1931 18 18 #1,725
1930 20 20 #1,663
1929 29 29 #1,328
1928 22 22 #1,627
1927 26 26 #1,490
1926 23 23 #1,579
1925 25 25 #1,514
1924 26 26 #1,512
1923 27 27 #1,437
1922 24 24 #1,565
1921 33 33 #1,280
1920 31 31 #1,311
1919 21 21 #1,649
1918 25 25 #1,473
1917 28 28 #1,308
1916 21 21 #1,578
1915 20 20 #1,574
1914 20 20 #1,370
1913 17 17 #1,286
1912 11 11 #1,570
1910 8 8 #1,274
1909 6 6 #1,379
1908 6 6 #1,306
1907 6 6 #1,285
1906 6 6 #1,202
1905 6 6 #1,193
1896 6 6 #1,070
1893 6 6 #1,015
1891 5 5 #1,094
1886 6 6 #944