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.

Fonzie

#18,992 most common boys' name of all time · #49,883 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1913–1977

Rank among boys
#18,992
Rank overall
#49,883 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
9 of 146
All-time
56
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1975 #3,741
Best rank
#2,744 1913
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
192019401960

Fonzie first appears in 1913. 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
1977 — 8 8 #4,253
1976 — 6 6 #5,087
1975 — 9 9 #3,741
1935 — 7 7 #3,124
1930 — 5 5 #4,190
1918 — 5 5 #4,364
1915 — 5 5 #4,017
1914 — 5 5 #3,497
1913 — 6 6 #2,744