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.

Hall

#5,199 most common boys' name of all time · #12,903 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#5,199
Rank overall
#12,903 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
78 of 146
All-time
877
Since 2016
55
Peak year
1918 #1,218
Best rank
#855 1881
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Hall first appears in 1881. 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
2025 7 7 #9,733
2024 6 6 #10,962
2023 9 9 #8,278
2022 7 7 #9,840
2021 9 9 #8,184
2020 5 5 #12,057
2017 7 7 #9,714
2016 5 5 #12,223
2008 5 5 #12,605
2007 7 7 #9,816
2004 5 5 #11,379
2001 6 6 #9,279
1999 6 6 #8,734
1994 5 5 #8,834
1987 5 5 #6,997
1981 5 5 #6,314
1972 5 5 #5,034
1970 5 5 #4,771
1968 5 5 #4,189
1967 8 8 #3,018
1965 6 6 #3,567
1963 8 8 #3,072
1962 6 6 #3,666
1961 5 5 #4,120
1959 13 13 #2,313
1958 5 5 #3,988
1957 7 7 #3,281
1956 14 14 #2,187
1954 7 7 #3,213
1953 8 8 #2,930
1951 17 17 #1,854
1950 6 6 #3,365
1949 12 12 #2,245
1948 12 12 #2,238
1947 10 10 #2,530
1946 7 7 #2,954
1945 12 12 #2,036
1944 11 11 #2,215
1943 10 10 #2,435
1942 12 12 #2,170
1941 8 8 #2,701
1940 17 17 #1,697
1939 19 19 #1,540
1938 5 5 #3,578
1937 13 13 #2,011
1936 18 18 #1,603
1935 8 8 #2,754
1934 12 12 #2,144
1933 13 13 #2,015
1932 15 15 #1,942
1931 9 9 #2,685
1930 12 12 #2,317
1929 18 18 #1,809
1928 12 12 #2,411
1927 23 23 #1,615
1926 11 11 #2,590
1925 18 18 #1,886
1924 30 30 #1,364
1923 20 20 #1,765
1922 15 15 #2,160
1921 22 22 #1,662
1920 16 16 #2,074
1919 25 25 #1,456
1918 33 33 #1,218
1917 30 30 #1,249
1916 20 20 #1,604
1915 30 30 #1,191
1914 16 16 #1,561
1913 17 17 #1,279
1912 11 11 #1,553
1910 7 7 #1,349
1905 6 6 #1,160
1902 7 7 #974
1898 5 5 #1,189
1896 8 8 #873
1895 6 6 #1,023
1893 6 6 #976
1881 6 6 #855