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.

Govan

#23,545 most common boys' name of all time · #62,112 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–1932

Rank among boys
#23,545
Rank overall
#62,112 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
5 of 146
All-time
27
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1926 #4,060
Best rank
#4,057 1919
Girls Boys peak 6/yr
1920

Govan first appears in 1916. 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
1932 — 5 5 #4,122
1928 — 5 5 #4,521
1926 — 6 6 #4,060
1919 — 6 6 #4,057
1916 — 5 5 #4,384