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.

Ferris*

#2,364 most common boys' name of all time · #5,706 across all names · 90% male / 10% female · used 1893–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,364
Rank overall
#5,706 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
126 of 146
All-time
3,149
Since 2016
485
Peak year
2024 #2,424
Best rank
#792 1902
Girls Boys peak 67/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ferris first appears in 1893. 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 5 38 43 #3,137
2024 10 57 67 #2,424
2023 7 41 48 #3,011
2022 8 50 58 #2,651
2021 10 42 52 #2,923
2020 6 35 41 #3,212
2019 — 29 29 #3,722
2018 9 30 39 #3,621
2017 5 46 51 #2,677
2016 9 48 57 #2,595
2015 9 45 54 #2,688
2014 — 42 42 #2,809
2013 6 34 40 #3,194
2012 — 29 29 #3,632
2011 7 21 28 #4,519
2010 — 22 22 #4,370
2009 — 25 25 #4,045
2008 5 26 31 #3,931
2007 — 28 28 #3,703
2006 — 22 22 #4,237
2005 — 14 14 #5,595
2004 — 10 10 #7,011
2003 — 17 17 #4,631
2002 — 14 14 #5,152
2001 — 18 18 #4,319
2000 — 11 11 #5,953
1999 — 10 10 #6,081
1998 — 17 17 #4,037
1997 — 13 13 #4,692
1996 — 18 18 #3,692
1995 — 9 9 #5,955
1994 — 18 18 #3,619
1993 — 15 15 #4,041
1992 — 16 16 #3,773
1991 6 14 20 #4,037
1990 — 16 16 #3,632
1989 — 13 13 #4,052
1988 6 11 17 #4,202
1987 — 16 16 #3,094
1986 6 17 23 #2,910
1985 11 11 22 #3,840
1984 6 6 12 #5,633
1983 9 12 21 #3,445
1982 11 7 18 #5,077
1981 16 11 27 #3,638
1980 6 8 14 #4,545
1979 — 9 9 #4,117
1978 — 11 11 #3,430
1977 — 16 16 #2,694
1976 — 14 14 #2,854
1975 — 14 14 #2,776
1974 — 16 16 #2,477
1973 — 15 15 #2,536
1972 — 10 10 #3,193
1971 — 8 8 #3,711
1970 — 17 17 #2,235
1969 — 16 16 #2,156
1968 — 10 10 #2,777
1967 — 11 11 #2,510
1966 — 11 11 #2,519
1965 — 13 13 #2,301
1964 — 12 12 #2,447
1963 — 10 10 #2,723
1962 — 18 18 #1,916
1961 — 19 19 #1,905
1960 — 17 17 #1,993
1959 5 17 22 #1,999
1958 — 25 25 #1,573
1957 6 23 29 #1,689
1956 — 16 16 #2,048
1955 6 33 39 #1,327
1954 — 21 21 #1,683
1953 8 30 38 #1,394
1952 — 26 26 #1,495
1951 — 25 25 #1,501
1950 6 27 33 #1,414
1949 5 28 33 #1,395
1948 — 22 22 #1,583
1947 — 39 39 #1,170
1946 — 20 20 #1,621
1945 — 22 22 #1,432
1944 5 18 23 #1,657
1943 — 32 32 #1,229
1942 — 30 30 #1,290
1941 — 21 21 #1,505
1940 5 27 32 #1,298
1939 — 31 31 #1,187
1938 — 21 21 #1,496
1937 — 16 16 #1,785
1936 — 15 15 #1,832
1935 — 27 27 #1,318
1934 — 13 13 #2,056
1933 — 23 23 #1,433
1932 — 28 28 #1,305
1931 5 32 37 #1,225
1930 5 29 34 #1,350
1929 — 34 34 #1,204
1928 5 28 33 #1,400
1927 5 44 49 #1,076
1926 7 46 53 #1,028
1925 6 44 50 #1,047
1924 10 45 55 #1,067
1923 5 45 50 #1,068
1922 — 53 53 #972
1921 8 45 53 #1,052
1920 — 38 38 #1,172
1919 6 36 42 #1,180
1918 — 42 42 #1,053
1917 5 39 44 #1,075
1916 5 35 40 #1,113
1915 10 42 52 #976
1914 6 29 35 #1,063
1913 5 31 36 #891
1912 — 16 16 #1,211
1911 — 10 10 #1,171
1910 — 6 6 #1,518
1908 — 8 8 #1,095
1907 — 9 9 #989
1905 — 6 6 #1,214
1904 — 7 7 #1,050
1902 — 10 10 #792
1900 — 9 9 #962
1896 — 7 7 #976
1895 — 6 6 #1,070
1894 — 5 5 #1,219
1893 — 6 6 #1,027