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.

Fielding

#6,543 most common boys' name of all time · #16,386 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1884–2024

Rank among boys
#6,543
Rank overall
#16,386 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
602
Since 2016
102
Peak year
2022 #5,641
Best rank
#762 1885
Girls Boys peak 16/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Fielding first appears in 1884. 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
2024 10 10 #7,785
2023 11 11 #7,306
2022 16 16 #5,641
2021 9 9 #8,191
2020 9 9 #8,094
2019 15 15 #5,819
2018 10 10 #7,635
2017 9 9 #8,167
2016 13 13 #6,370
2015 9 9 #8,072
2014 15 15 #5,746
2013 11 11 #7,045
2012 12 12 #6,639
2011 8 8 #8,796
2010 9 9 #8,169
2009 10 10 #7,721
2008 6 6 #11,075
2005 6 6 #10,194
1999 8 8 #7,172
1996 6 6 #8,012
1995 5 5 #8,928
1992 8 8 #6,167
1990 6 6 #7,237
1987 9 9 #4,608
1986 9 9 #4,494
1985 14 14 #3,233
1984 7 7 #5,024
1983 6 6 #5,550
1982 14 14 #3,132
1981 12 12 #3,441
1970 5 5 #4,791
1967 7 7 #3,277
1964 5 5 #4,095
1963 6 6 #3,712
1962 8 8 #3,074
1961 5 5 #4,134
1959 8 8 #3,079
1958 6 6 #3,616
1954 8 8 #2,989
1952 6 6 #3,428
1951 5 5 #3,774
1949 11 11 #2,366
1948 7 7 #3,071
1947 6 6 #3,422
1945 6 6 #3,051
1944 8 8 #2,683
1943 7 7 #3,002
1942 7 7 #2,990
1941 6 6 #3,191
1938 6 6 #3,231
1937 9 9 #2,522
1936 5 5 #3,624
1932 9 9 #2,681
1931 5 5 #3,821
1930 8 8 #3,064
1929 11 11 #2,484
1927 6 6 #3,830
1926 6 6 #3,772
1925 7 7 #3,442
1924 14 14 #2,259
1923 8 8 #3,218
1922 9 9 #3,062
1920 8 8 #3,243
1919 8 8 #3,154
1918 8 8 #3,143
1917 6 6 #3,604
1916 12 12 #2,297
1915 9 9 #2,664
1913 6 6 #2,560
1912 10 10 #1,673
1885 8 8 #762
1884 5 5 #1,092