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.

Ferry*

#17,270 most common boys' name of all time · #45,134 across all names · 87% male / 13% female · used 1919–1960 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#17,270
Rank overall
#45,134 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
75
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1952 #3,615
Best rank
#2,897 1926
Girls Boys peak 11/yr
192019401960

Ferry first appears in 1919. 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
1960 — 5 5 #4,354
1956 5 — 5 —
1954 — 5 5 #4,157
1952 5 6 11 #3,615
1943 — 5 5 #3,928
1940 — 5 5 #3,836
1933 — 5 5 #4,047
1926 — 10 10 #2,897
1925 — 6 6 #4,117
1923 — 5 5 #4,748
1921 — 8 8 #3,502
1919 — 5 5 #4,697