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.

Gaither

#6,247 most common boys' name of all time · #15,586 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1895–1992

Rank among boys
#6,247
Rank overall
#15,586 of 105,966
First appeared
1895
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
648
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1922 #1,723
Best rank
#975 1895
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
19001920194019601980

Gaither first appears in 1895. 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
1992 — 5 5 #8,512
1991 — 5 5 #8,341
1975 — 6 6 #4,875
1971 — 5 5 #5,010
1965 — 7 7 #3,312
1961 — 10 10 #2,765
1960 — 7 7 #3,404
1958 — 7 7 #3,350
1957 — 7 7 #3,319
1956 — 8 8 #3,030
1955 — 10 10 #2,618
1954 — 12 12 #2,368
1953 — 13 13 #2,221
1952 — 8 8 #2,943
1951 — 8 8 #2,908
1950 — 9 9 #2,642
1949 — 12 12 #2,265
1948 — 13 13 #2,158
1947 — 12 12 #2,291
1946 — 11 11 #2,318
1945 — 9 9 #2,457
1944 — 7 7 #2,930
1943 — 13 13 #2,111
1942 — 16 16 #1,836
1941 — 9 9 #2,545
1940 — 6 6 #3,225
1939 — 8 8 #2,669
1938 — 18 18 #1,652
1937 — 12 12 #2,133
1936 — 12 12 #2,120
1935 — 7 7 #3,024
1934 — 11 11 #2,312
1933 — 12 12 #2,142
1932 — 12 12 #2,238
1931 — 11 11 #2,383
1930 — 12 12 #2,350
1929 — 9 9 #2,845
1928 — 14 14 #2,205
1927 — 14 14 #2,239
1926 — 17 17 #1,945
1925 — 17 17 #1,975
1924 — 14 14 #2,273
1923 — 15 15 #2,166
1922 — 21 21 #1,723
1921 — 16 16 #2,102
1920 — 15 15 #2,173
1919 — 16 16 #2,022
1918 — 21 21 #1,679
1917 — 19 19 #1,721
1916 — 9 9 #2,787
1915 — 18 18 #1,681
1914 — 14 14 #1,729
1913 — 11 11 #1,751
1912 — 9 9 #1,819
1911 6 — 6 —
1909 — 6 6 #1,405
1900 — 5 5 #1,455
1898 — 5 5 #1,260
1895 — 7 7 #975