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.

Helton

#17,521 most common boys' name of all time · #45,806 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–2011

Rank among boys
#17,521
Rank overall
#45,806 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
72
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1922 #3,799
Best rank
#3,105 1946
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
19201940196019802000

Helton 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
2011 — 5 5 #12,450
2003 — 5 5 #11,094
2002 — 5 5 #10,857
2000 — 5 5 #10,515
1946 — 7 7 #3,105
1939 — 5 5 #3,811
1930 — 5 5 #4,334
1928 — 6 6 #4,012
1927 — 5 5 #4,551
1923 — 7 7 #3,742
1922 — 7 7 #3,799
1917 — 5 5 #4,377
1916 — 5 5 #4,392