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.

Green

#3,103 most common boys' name of all time · #7,535 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–1984

Rank among boys
#3,103
Rank overall
#7,535 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
2,033
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1927 #1,012
Best rank
#255 1886
Girls Boys peak 48/yr
188019001920194019601980

Green is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1984 — 6 6 #5,576
1973 — 6 6 #4,524
1972 — 6 6 #4,455
1971 — 9 9 #3,385
1970 — 5 5 #4,751
1966 — 8 8 #3,001
1965 — 8 8 #2,998
1964 — 5 5 #4,053
1963 — 10 10 #2,684
1961 — 11 11 #2,545
1960 — 13 13 #2,321
1959 — 12 12 #2,421
1958 — 7 7 #3,290
1957 — 9 9 #2,834
1956 — 15 15 #2,092
1955 — 10 10 #2,571
1954 — 7 7 #3,194
1953 — 11 11 #2,402
1952 — 11 11 #2,386
1951 — 14 14 #2,060
1950 — 12 12 #2,214
1949 — 12 12 #2,234
1948 — 26 26 #1,433
1947 — 9 9 #2,684
1946 — 14 14 #1,957
1945 — 14 14 #1,856
1944 — 15 15 #1,816
1943 — 26 26 #1,370
1942 — 14 14 #1,952
1941 — 14 14 #1,908
1940 — 22 22 #1,437
1939 — 21 21 #1,458
1938 — 21 21 #1,478
1937 — 19 19 #1,583
1936 — 20 20 #1,510
1935 — 19 19 #1,589
1934 — 32 32 #1,177
1933 — 25 25 #1,335
1932 — 27 27 #1,326
1931 — 24 24 #1,433
1930 — 35 35 #1,192
1929 — 33 33 #1,215
1928 — 26 26 #1,450
1927 — 48 48 #1,012
1926 — 35 35 #1,222
1925 — 31 31 #1,306
1924 — 37 37 #1,188
1923 — 38 38 #1,159
1922 — 42 42 #1,085
1921 — 42 42 #1,087
1920 — 44 44 #1,047
1919 — 42 42 #1,050
1918 — 43 43 #1,032
1917 — 42 42 #1,004
1916 — 47 47 #925
1915 — 37 37 #1,055
1914 — 46 46 #779
1913 — 32 32 #855
1912 — 22 22 #973
1911 — 15 15 #859
1910 — 20 20 #656
1909 — 15 15 #719
1908 — 10 10 #886
1907 — 10 10 #879
1906 — 17 17 #571
1905 — 15 15 #619
1904 — 13 13 #653
1903 — 17 17 #530
1902 — 22 22 #446
1901 — 11 11 #640
1900 — 28 28 #424
1899 — 19 19 #426
1898 — 28 28 #365
1897 — 12 12 #623
1896 — 25 25 #388
1895 — 17 17 #494
1894 — 22 22 #401
1893 — 23 23 #372
1892 — 28 28 #358
1891 — 18 18 #413
1890 — 33 33 #300
1889 — 21 21 #388
1888 — 32 32 #318
1887 — 31 31 #302
1886 — 45 45 #255
1885 — 32 32 #299
1884 — 31 31 #316
1883 — 33 33 #285
1882 — 27 27 #334
1881 — 33 33 #275
1880 — 39 39 #271