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.

Horton

#6,440 most common boys' name of all time · #16,132 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1888–2012

Rank among boys
#6,440
Rank overall
#16,132 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
616
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1922 #1,419
Best rank
#813 1888
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
190019201940196019802000

Horton first appears in 1888. 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
2012 — 5 5 #12,316
1983 — 5 5 #6,323
1967 — 5 5 #4,047
1961 — 5 5 #4,148
1958 — 5 5 #4,028
1957 — 8 8 #3,074
1953 — 9 9 #2,760
1952 — 12 12 #2,282
1951 — 5 5 #3,786
1950 — 5 5 #3,758
1949 — 5 5 #3,765
1948 — 8 8 #2,834
1947 — 10 10 #2,552
1946 — 8 8 #2,734
1944 — 6 6 #3,182
1943 — 8 8 #2,799
1942 — 10 10 #2,433
1941 — 5 5 #3,587
1940 — 10 10 #2,378
1939 — 6 6 #3,183
1938 — 11 11 #2,228
1937 — 9 9 #2,531
1936 — 7 7 #2,916
1935 — 8 8 #2,784
1934 — 5 5 #3,749
1933 — 14 14 #1,939
1932 — 6 6 #3,430
1931 — 12 12 #2,245
1930 — 15 15 #2,000
1929 — 22 22 #1,585
1928 — 24 24 #1,542
1927 — 17 17 #1,991
1926 — 12 12 #2,468
1925 — 17 17 #1,967
1924 — 22 22 #1,699
1923 — 28 28 #1,403
1922 — 28 28 #1,419
1921 — 24 24 #1,562
1920 — 15 15 #2,159
1919 — 14 14 #2,188
1918 — 21 21 #1,675
1917 — 16 16 #1,934
1916 — 23 23 #1,478
1915 — 16 16 #1,818
1914 — 9 9 #2,329
1913 — 16 16 #1,344
1912 — 13 13 #1,387
1911 — 9 9 #1,260
1905 — 7 7 #1,066
1904 — 6 6 #1,156
1898 — 5 5 #1,243
1895 — 7 7 #960
1891 — 5 5 #1,101
1889 — 5 5 #1,089
1888 — 8 8 #813