Ganesh
#9,780 most common boys' name of all time · #24,744 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1977–2021
Rank among boys
#9,780
Rank overall
#24,744 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
291
Since 2016
17
Peak year
1993 #4,389
Best rank
#4,389 1993
Girls
Boys
peak 14/yr
Ganesh first appears in 1977. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,157 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,523 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,224 |
| 2015 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,032 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,603 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,991 |
| 2012 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,409 |
| 2011 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,808 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,113 |
| 2009 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,985 |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,483 |
| 2007 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,067 |
| 2006 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,261 |
| 2005 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,399 |
| 2004 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,315 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,170 |
| 2002 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,290 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,198 |
| 2000 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,086 |
| 1999 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,851 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,151 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,949 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,535 |
| 1995 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,710 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,252 |
| 1993 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,389 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,928 |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,285 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,047 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,599 |
| 1982 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,552 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,384 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,121 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,956 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,573 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,719 |