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.

Hence

#18,017 most common boys' name of all time · #47,193 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–1947

Rank among boys
#18,017
Rank overall
#47,193 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
66
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1925 #3,425
Best rank
#870 1880
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
1880190019201940

Hence 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
1947 — 5 5 #3,758
1943 — 5 5 #3,572
1929 — 5 5 #3,995
1927 — 6 6 #3,809
1925 — 7 7 #3,425
1924 — 6 6 #3,889
1922 — 5 5 #4,344
1921 — 6 6 #3,896
1920 — 5 5 #4,317
1913 — 5 5 #2,849
1906 — 5 5 #1,290
1880 — 6 6 #870