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.

Flake

#20,354 most common boys' name of all time · #53,511 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–1928

Rank among boys
#20,354
Rank overall
#53,511 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
8 of 146
All-time
45
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #3,333
Best rank
#3,333 1918
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
1920

Flake first appears in 1916. 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
1928 — 6 6 #4,010
1924 — 5 5 #4,699
1921 — 5 5 #4,710
1920 — 5 5 #4,700
1919 — 6 6 #4,055
1918 — 8 8 #3,333
1917 — 5 5 #4,375
1916 — 5 5 #4,371