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.

Gaines

#3,439 most common boys' name of all time · #8,379 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#3,439
Rank overall
#8,379 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
1,717
Since 2016
220
Peak year
1915 #1,150
Best rank
#1,037 1885
Girls Boys peak 32/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Gaines first appears in 1882. 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 — 19 19 #5,051
2024 — 13 13 #6,487
2023 — 17 17 #5,482
2022 — 15 15 #5,885
2021 — 23 23 #4,368
2020 — 31 31 #3,501
2019 — 20 20 #4,815
2018 — 28 28 #3,797
2017 — 25 25 #4,110
2016 — 29 29 #3,684
2015 — 18 18 #5,069
2014 — 19 19 #4,882
2013 — 15 15 #5,670
2012 — 9 9 #8,185
2011 — 11 11 #7,016
2010 — 13 13 #6,375
2009 — 14 14 #6,110
2008 — 15 15 #5,778
2007 — 16 16 #5,445
2006 — 10 10 #7,455
2005 — 7 7 #9,147
2004 — 5 5 #11,390
2003 — 7 7 #8,672
2002 — 6 6 #9,420
2001 — 7 7 #8,373
2000 — 7 7 #8,238
1999 — 11 11 #5,675
1996 — 8 8 #6,518
1995 — 10 10 #5,525
1994 — 6 6 #7,806
1993 — 7 7 #6,858
1992 — 6 6 #7,471
1991 — 5 5 #8,301
1990 — 5 5 #8,179
1987 — 6 6 #6,135
1986 — 6 6 #5,973
1985 — 7 7 #5,192
1983 — 5 5 #6,296
1982 — 9 9 #4,265
1981 — 11 11 #3,627
1980 — 6 6 #5,583
1979 — 6 6 #5,398
1976 — 9 9 #3,756
1975 — 10 10 #3,454
1973 — 6 6 #4,560
1972 — 7 7 #3,999
1971 — 11 11 #2,994
1969 — 9 9 #3,093
1968 — 9 9 #2,933
1967 — 10 10 #2,633
1966 — 10 10 #2,655
1965 — 5 5 #3,977
1964 — 9 9 #2,885
1963 — 5 5 #4,101
1962 — 10 10 #2,709
1961 — 11 11 #2,572
1960 — 16 16 #2,058
1959 — 15 15 #2,133
1958 — 18 18 #1,906
1957 — 18 18 #1,904
1956 — 14 14 #2,191
1955 — 19 19 #1,805
1954 — 19 19 #1,776
1953 — 14 14 #2,113
1952 — 15 15 #2,022
1951 — 13 13 #2,158
1950 — 26 26 #1,447
1949 — 21 21 #1,631
1948 — 19 19 #1,718
1947 — 19 19 #1,753
1946 — 24 24 #1,450
1945 — 21 21 #1,459
1944 — 18 18 #1,645
1943 — 19 19 #1,653
1942 — 14 14 #1,970
1941 — 19 19 #1,600
1940 — 28 28 #1,279
1939 — 27 27 #1,282
1938 — 10 10 #2,356
1937 — 28 28 #1,277
1936 — 29 29 #1,233
1935 — 11 11 #2,277
1934 — 27 27 #1,306
1933 — 17 17 #1,728
1932 — 20 20 #1,597
1931 — 23 23 #1,466
1930 — 25 25 #1,471
1929 — 22 22 #1,581
1928 — 20 20 #1,718
1927 — 32 32 #1,305
1926 — 19 19 #1,802
1925 — 25 25 #1,507
1924 — 26 26 #1,508
1923 — 19 19 #1,829
1922 — 27 27 #1,451
1921 — 31 31 #1,343
1920 — 18 18 #1,910
1919 — 26 26 #1,426
1918 — 25 25 #1,465
1917 — 22 22 #1,544
1916 — 15 15 #1,973
1915 — 32 32 #1,150
1914 — 25 25 #1,168
1913 — 11 11 #1,716
1912 — 12 12 #1,458
1911 — 9 9 #1,236
1910 — 6 6 #1,473
1909 — 6 6 #1,350
1906 — 6 6 #1,181
1900 — 7 7 #1,100
1898 — 5 5 #1,201
1896 — 6 6 #1,051
1895 — 5 5 #1,168
1893 — 5 5 #1,116
1890 — 5 5 #1,096
1885 — 5 5 #1,037
1882 — 5 5 #1,051