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.

Islam*

#5,425 most common boys' name of all time · #13,481 across all names · 84% male / 16% female · used 1975–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#5,425
Rank overall
#13,481 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
817
Since 2016
181
Peak year
1999 #3,439
Best rank
#2,931 1990
Girls Boys peak 36/yr
198020002020

Islam first appears in 1975. 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
2025 — 25 25 #4,184
2024 — 33 33 #3,479
2023 — 18 18 #5,336
2022 — 18 18 #5,290
2021 — 20 20 #4,834
2020 — 21 21 #4,598
2019 — 10 10 #7,820
2018 — 11 11 #7,299
2017 — 11 11 #7,252
2016 — 14 14 #6,164
2015 — 14 14 #6,110
2014 — 15 15 #5,850
2013 — 19 19 #4,882
2012 — 20 20 #4,754
2011 5 16 21 #5,517
2010 — 16 16 #5,583
2009 6 18 24 #5,198
2008 6 15 21 #5,894
2007 — 8 8 #9,190
2006 — 15 15 #5,624
2005 — 10 10 #7,305
2004 — 9 9 #7,757
2003 6 10 16 #6,934
2002 6 10 16 #6,728
2001 7 21 28 #3,908
2000 8 19 27 #4,142
1999 13 23 36 #3,439
1998 9 17 26 #4,124
1997 9 23 32 #3,224
1996 5 17 22 #3,951
1995 7 18 25 #3,643
1994 — 16 16 #4,024
1993 9 18 27 #3,611
1992 — 16 16 #3,870
1991 8 11 19 #4,970
1990 7 22 29 #2,931
1989 11 7 18 #6,657
1988 — 8 8 #5,563
1987 — 10 10 #4,488
1986 6 10 16 #4,388
1985 — 7 7 #5,592
1982 — 7 7 #5,458
1981 — 8 8 #4,875
1980 — 5 5 #6,940
1979 — 6 6 #5,894
1978 — 5 5 #6,475
1977 — 7 7 #5,044
1976 — 6 6 #5,486
1975 — 6 6 #5,409