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.

Gomer

#8,264 most common boys' name of all time · #20,860 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1911–1968

Rank among boys
#8,264
Rank overall
#20,860 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
39 of 146
All-time
399
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1919 #1,683
Best rank
#1,521 1912
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
192019401960

Gomer first appears in 1911. 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
1968 — 5 5 #4,281
1964 — 6 6 #3,729
1959 — 7 7 #3,395
1957 — 6 6 #3,711
1949 — 6 6 #3,435
1948 — 5 5 #3,833
1944 — 5 5 #3,574
1942 — 7 7 #3,060
1941 — 9 9 #2,589
1940 — 7 7 #2,973
1939 — 11 11 #2,229
1938 — 10 10 #2,410
1937 — 8 8 #2,794
1936 — 11 11 #2,251
1935 — 9 9 #2,634
1934 — 18 18 #1,711
1933 — 7 7 #3,099
1932 — 6 6 #3,499
1931 — 7 7 #3,198
1930 — 8 8 #3,140
1929 — 10 10 #2,683
1928 — 10 10 #2,739
1927 — 12 12 #2,470
1926 — 10 10 #2,811
1925 — 13 13 #2,385
1924 — 14 14 #2,297
1923 — 12 12 #2,530
1922 — 16 16 #2,112
1921 — 14 14 #2,339
1920 — 9 9 #3,056
1919 — 21 21 #1,683
1918 — 14 14 #2,228
1917 — 18 18 #1,803
1916 — 14 14 #2,120
1915 — 14 14 #2,042
1914 — 11 11 #2,071
1913 — 12 12 #1,665
1912 — 12 12 #1,521
1911 — 5 5 #1,954