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.

Flay*

#16,494 most common boys' name of all time · #43,110 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1915–1956 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#16,494
Rank overall
#43,110 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
85
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1916 #4,275
Best rank
#2,817 1936
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
19201940

Flay first appears in 1915. 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
1956 — 5 5 #4,176
1942 — 5 5 #3,856
1936 — 8 8 #2,817
1931 — 5 5 #4,099
1928 — 6 6 #3,982
1927 — 5 5 #4,512
1926 — 5 5 #4,532
1924 — 5 5 #4,669
1922 — 6 6 #4,129
1919 — 5 5 #4,496
1918 — 8 8 #3,309
1917 — 7 7 #3,471
1916 5 5 10 #4,275
1915 — 5 5 #4,222