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.

Future*

#8,596 most common boys' name of all time · #21,734 across all names · 90% male / 10% female · used 1919–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#8,596
Rank overall
#21,734 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
25 of 146
All-time
372
Since 2016
258
Peak year
2021 #3,195
Best rank
#3,195 2021
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
192019401960198020002020

Future 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
2025 22 22 #4,562
2024 7 28 35 #3,912
2023 32 32 #3,584
2022 29 29 #3,786
2021 37 37 #3,195
2020 20 20 #4,732
2019 22 22 #4,507
2018 19 19 #4,954
2017 20 20 #4,784
2016 22 22 #4,499
2015 17 17 #5,326
2014 13 13 #6,355
2013 6 6 #10,862
2012 8 8 #8,962
2011 5 5
2010 5 5 #12,423
2009 7 7 #9,981
2008 5 5 #12,762
2007 5 5 10 #12,576
2006 5 5 #12,263
2003 7 7 #8,763
2002 5 5 10 #10,873
1977 6 6
1943 5 5
1919 5 5