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.

Garnell*

#7,254 most common boys' name of all time · #18,224 across all names · 80% male / 20% female · used 1912–2003 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#7,254
Rank overall
#18,224 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
505
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1922 #3,978
Best rank
#2,129 1939
Girls Boys peak 20/yr
19201940196019802000

Garnell first appears in 1912. 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
2003 — 5 5 #11,024
1991 — 6 6 #7,383
1990 — 7 7 #6,514
1987 — 8 8 #5,051
1985 — 5 5 #6,670
1983 — 6 6 #5,628
1982 — 8 8 #4,668
1981 — 6 6 #5,590
1980 — 6 6 #5,665
1978 — 6 6 #5,176
1977 — 7 7 #4,696
1971 — 8 8 #3,745
1970 — 7 7 #3,934
1968 — 6 6 #3,817
1967 — 12 12 #2,404
1966 — 6 6 #3,663
1964 — 15 15 #2,166
1963 — 13 13 #2,351
1962 5 8 13 #3,142
1961 — 11 11 #2,608
1960 — 8 8 #3,180
1959 — 14 14 #2,243
1958 — 10 10 #2,716
1957 — 12 12 #2,442
1956 — 11 11 #2,564
1955 — 8 8 #3,070
1954 — 8 8 #3,056
1953 — 10 10 #2,617
1952 6 9 15 #2,780
1951 — 9 9 #2,745
1950 — 8 8 #2,892
1949 — 8 8 #2,917
1947 — 8 8 #2,983
1946 — 5 5 #3,702
1945 5 — 5 —
1944 10 — 10 —
1942 6 6 12 #3,357
1941 — 5 5 #3,694
1939 8 12 20 #2,129
1938 — 10 10 #2,421
1937 — 8 8 #2,805
1935 — 11 11 #2,342
1934 — 9 9 #2,664
1932 9 6 15 #3,526
1931 5 5 10 #3,942
1929 — 7 7 #3,372
1926 6 6 12 #3,867
1925 7 — 7 —
1924 11 — 11 —
1922 14 6 20 #3,978
1921 7 8 15 #3,321
1919 — 6 6 #3,871
1917 — 6 6 #3,675
1915 — 5 5 #3,968
1912 — 6 6 #2,473