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.

Herrick

#17,606 most common boys' name of all time · #46,024 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2024

Rank among boys
#17,606
Rank overall
#46,024 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
71
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1988 #4,537
Best rank
#3,452 1958
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
192019401960198020002020

Herrick first appears in 1917. 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
2024 — 5 5 #12,514
2007 — 6 6 #11,059
1997 — 5 5 #9,443
1991 — 5 5 #8,477
1988 — 10 10 #4,537
1979 — 5 5 #6,317
1972 — 6 6 #4,639
1958 — 7 7 #3,452
1953 — 5 5 #4,121
1949 — 6 6 #3,575
1921 — 6 6 #4,204
1917 — 5 5 #4,483