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.

Janes

#8,781 most common boys' name of all time · #22,218 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–1985

Rank among boys
#8,781
Rank overall
#22,218 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
358
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1928 #2,144
Best rank
#2,144 1928
Girls Boys peak 15/yr
1920194019601980

Janes first appears in 1912. 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
1985 — 6 6 #5,883
1983 — 6 6 #5,635
1982 — 8 8 #4,671
1980 — 6 6 #5,667
1979 — 5 5 #6,227
1976 — 6 6 #5,075
1973 — 5 5 #5,247
1972 — 5 5 #5,146
1971 — 8 8 #3,748
1970 — 7 7 #3,936
1969 — 8 8 #3,411
1967 — 9 9 #2,839
1966 — 5 5 #4,123
1964 — 10 10 #2,750
1963 — 7 7 #3,436
1962 — 9 9 #2,934
1961 — 6 6 #3,791
1960 — 5 5 #4,223
1959 — 5 5 #4,181
1958 — 7 7 #3,392
1957 — 5 5 #4,152
1952 — 6 6 #3,511
1948 — 5 5 #3,865
1944 — 10 10 #2,411
1943 — 7 7 #3,089
1942 — 7 7 #3,084
1941 — 5 5 #3,706
1940 — 6 6 #3,292
1939 — 7 7 #2,977
1938 — 6 6 #3,356
1937 — 6 6 #3,337
1936 — 11 11 #2,266
1935 — 8 8 #2,864
1934 — 9 9 #2,670
1933 — 5 5 #3,818
1932 — 8 8 #2,975
1930 — 8 8 #3,172
1929 — 8 8 #3,121
1928 — 15 15 #2,144
1927 — 5 5 #4,372
1926 — 7 7 #3,513
1925 — 10 10 #2,852
1924 — 5 5 #4,525
1923 — 12 12 #2,551
1922 — 5 5 #4,477
1921 — 6 6 #4,008
1920 — 6 6 #3,962
1919 — 9 9 #3,001
1918 — 8 8 #3,223
1916 — 5 5 #4,094
1912 — 5 5 #2,813