Happy**
#6,690 most common boys' name of all time · #16,754 across all names · 53% male / 47% female · used 1912–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#6,690
Rank overall
#16,754 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
580
Since 2016
147
Peak year
1971 #3,228
Best rank
#1,945 1936
Girls
Boys
peak 22/yr
Happy first appears in 1912. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #9,772 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #11,025 |
| 2023 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #7,785 |
| 2022 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #9,891 |
| 2021 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2020 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #7,553 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #9,830 |
| 2018 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #12,257 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #8,904 |
| 2016 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,830 |
| 2015 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,245 |
| 2012 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,689 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #10,768 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1979 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1978 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1977 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1976 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1975 | 18 | — | 18 | — |
| 1974 | 13 | 7 | 20 | #4,294 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1971 | 12 | 10 | 22 | #3,228 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1969 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1968 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,112 |
| 1964 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #3,141 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,426 |
| 1961 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #3,783 |
| 1960 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,960 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,171 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,050 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,978 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,451 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,901 |
| 1946 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,626 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,695 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,670 |
| 1938 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,025 |
| 1936 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,945 |
| 1935 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,472 |
| 1933 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,123 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,941 |
| 1931 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,577 |
| 1929 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,373 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,311 |
| 1926 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,374 |
| 1924 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,637 |
| 1922 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,358 |
| 1919 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #3,235 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,677 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,563 |
| 1914 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,795 |
| 1913 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,684 |
| 1912 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,479 |