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.

Hue*

#6,782 most common boys' name of all time · #17,019 across all names · 84% male / 16% female · used 1913–2024 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#6,782
Rank overall
#17,019 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
565
Since 2016
17
Peak year
1981 #3,929
Best rank
#2,086 1931
Girls Boys peak 19/yr
192019401960198020002020

Hue first appears in 1913. 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 #12,466
2022 — 7 7 #9,903
2019 — 5 5 #12,267
2011 — 5 5 #12,412
2007 — 6 6 #11,011
2003 — 5 5 #11,041
2000 — 7 7 #8,295
1998 — 5 5 #9,770
1996 — 9 9 #6,052
1995 — 9 9 #5,984
1994 6 12 18 #4,861
1993 — 8 8 #6,303
1992 — 14 14 #4,155
1991 — 14 14 #4,051
1990 — 14 14 #4,014
1989 5 12 17 #4,328
1988 7 6 13 #6,560
1987 5 12 17 #3,784
1986 6 8 14 #4,948
1985 7 9 16 #4,421
1984 6 10 16 #3,988
1983 12 6 18 #5,644
1982 9 10 19 #4,036
1981 9 10 19 #3,929
1980 11 — 11 —
1977 6 — 6 —
1965 — 5 5 #4,091
1961 — 5 5 #4,276
1956 — 6 6 #3,687
1955 — 5 5 #4,084
1954 — 5 5 #4,023
1952 — 7 7 #3,222
1951 — 5 5 #3,934
1948 — 5 5 #3,902
1945 — 6 6 #3,183
1944 — 5 5 #3,632
1943 — 11 11 #2,370
1942 — 5 5 #3,775
1941 — 10 10 #2,452
1940 — 9 9 #2,617
1936 — 7 7 #3,036
1935 — 11 11 #2,360
1934 — 10 10 #2,515
1933 — 5 5 #3,861
1932 — 9 9 #2,780
1931 — 14 14 #2,086
1930 — 6 6 #3,793
1929 — 6 6 #3,740
1928 — 6 6 #3,895
1927 — 6 6 #3,971
1926 — 11 11 #2,683
1925 — 5 5 #4,440
1923 — 7 7 #3,634
1922 — 10 10 #2,947
1921 — 7 7 #3,699
1920 — 6 6 #3,995
1919 — 8 8 #3,282
1918 — 8 8 #3,252
1917 — 8 8 #3,121
1916 — 8 8 #3,082
1915 — 8 8 #2,996
1914 — 8 8 #2,610
1913 — 5 5 #3,161