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.

Handy

#6,932 most common boys' name of all time · #17,423 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2016

Rank among boys
#6,932
Rank overall
#17,423 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
543
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1916 #1,867
Best rank
#688 1888
Girls Boys peak 16/yr
1880190019201940196019802000

Handy 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
2016 — 5 5 #12,219
2005 — 7 7 #9,137
2003 — 5 5 #10,924
2000 5 — 5 —
1994 — 5 5 #8,829
1981 — 8 8 #4,530
1976 — 5 5 #5,634
1974 — 5 5 #5,261
1964 — 6 6 #3,637
1961 — 6 6 #3,684
1959 — 8 8 #3,061
1957 — 7 7 #3,272
1956 — 7 7 #3,249
1955 — 7 7 #3,222
1953 — 5 5 #3,846
1952 — 8 8 #2,899
1951 — 8 8 #2,872
1949 — 13 13 #2,136
1948 — 6 6 #3,345
1947 — 9 9 #2,699
1946 — 10 10 #2,422
1945 — 12 12 #2,028
1944 — 9 9 #2,489
1942 — 7 7 #2,973
1941 — 8 8 #2,696
1939 — 12 12 #2,070
1936 — 6 6 #3,176
1935 — 8 8 #2,747
1934 — 9 9 #2,580
1933 — 5 5 #3,678
1932 — 10 10 #2,496
1931 — 12 12 #2,225
1930 — 11 11 #2,469
1929 — 13 13 #2,222
1928 — 5 5 #4,180
1927 — 5 5 #4,244
1926 — 12 12 #2,451
1925 — 14 14 #2,210
1924 — 14 14 #2,245
1923 — 8 8 #3,197
1922 — 16 16 #2,058
1921 — 10 10 #2,827
1920 — 15 15 #2,144
1919 — 16 16 #1,994
1918 — 10 10 #2,719
1917 — 9 9 #2,749
1916 — 16 16 #1,867
1915 — 13 13 #2,086
1914 — 8 8 #2,480
1913 — 6 6 #2,529
1912 — 9 9 #1,765
1910 — 8 8 #1,238
1909 — 5 5 #1,500
1908 — 6 6 #1,254
1904 — 7 7 #1,002
1902 — 5 5 #1,191
1896 — 6 6 #1,030
1894 — 5 5 #1,127
1892 — 10 10 #732
1891 — 5 5 #1,024
1888 — 10 10 #688
1884 — 6 6 #912
1882 — 5 5 #997
1881 — 7 7 #759
1880 — 5 5 #977