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.

Jansen*

#2,860 most common boys' name of all time · #6,894 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1958–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,860
Rank overall
#6,894 of 105,966
First appeared
1958
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
2,338
Since 2016
425
Peak year
1994 #1,240
Best rank
#1,240 1994
Girls Boys peak 95/yr
1960198020002020

Jansen first appears in 1958. 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 — 34 34 #3,403
2024 — 45 45 #2,851
2023 — 38 38 #3,198
2022 — 38 38 #3,168
2021 — 41 41 #2,987
2020 — 36 36 #3,153
2019 — 47 47 #2,710
2018 — 47 47 #2,644
2017 — 59 59 #2,251
2016 — 40 40 #2,953
2015 5 47 52 #2,613
2014 6 41 47 #2,858
2013 — 45 45 #2,640
2012 6 40 46 #2,919
2011 — 42 42 #2,820
2010 — 45 45 #2,700
2009 — 40 40 #2,965
2008 7 40 47 #2,967
2007 10 59 69 #2,238
2006 12 49 61 #2,486
2005 5 50 55 #2,337
2004 9 52 61 #2,223
2003 9 38 47 #2,642
2002 8 46 54 #2,271
2001 10 57 67 #1,924
2000 16 52 68 #1,978
1999 10 56 66 #1,789
1998 11 64 75 #1,630
1997 18 66 84 #1,557
1996 15 56 71 #1,698
1995 9 53 62 #1,691
1994 7 88 95 #1,240
1993 8 40 48 #2,034
1992 — 47 47 #1,794
1991 6 26 32 #2,648
1990 — 35 35 #2,107
1989 8 35 43 #2,052
1988 — 30 30 #2,125
1987 — 24 24 #2,371
1986 — 27 27 #2,147
1985 7 31 38 #1,900
1984 — 29 29 #1,923
1983 7 20 27 #2,468
1982 5 20 25 #2,490
1981 — 27 27 #2,024
1980 — 26 26 #2,092
1979 — 18 18 #2,625
1978 — 18 18 #2,535
1977 — 21 21 #2,251
1976 — 8 8 #4,241
1975 — 10 10 #3,578
1974 — 5 5 #5,613
1973 — 11 11 #3,161
1972 — 11 11 #3,115
1971 — 6 6 #4,729
1970 — 6 6 #4,543
1969 — 10 10 #3,034
1966 — 5 5 #4,417
1965 — 10 10 #2,761
1964 — 7 7 #3,566
1961 — 5 5 #4,558
1958 — 5 5 #4,474