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.

Janson

#4,363 most common boys' name of all time · #10,711 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1958–2025

Rank among boys
#4,363
Rank overall
#10,711 of 105,966
First appeared
1958
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
1,170
Since 2016
242
Peak year
2016 #3,249
Best rank
#1,764 1982
Girls Boys peak 35/yr
1960198020002020

Janson 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 — 17 17 #5,443
2024 — 21 21 #4,744
2023 — 24 24 #4,373
2022 — 25 25 #4,218
2021 — 16 16 #5,620
2020 — 22 22 #4,455
2019 — 30 30 #3,658
2018 — 26 26 #4,024
2017 — 26 26 #4,030
2016 — 35 35 #3,249
2015 — 17 17 #5,349
2014 — 12 12 #6,729
2013 — 18 18 #5,030
2012 — 25 25 #4,041
2011 — 18 18 #5,040
2010 — 17 17 #5,311
2009 — 27 27 #3,856
2008 — 25 25 #4,073
2007 — 15 15 #5,717
2006 — 16 16 #5,364
2005 — 25 25 #3,744
2004 — 25 25 #3,667
2003 — 22 22 #3,883
2002 — 25 25 #3,478
2001 — 18 18 #4,358
2000 — 23 23 #3,574
1999 — 31 31 #2,749
1998 — 30 30 #2,747
1997 — 20 20 #3,515
1996 — 25 25 #2,962
1995 — 28 28 #2,654
1994 — 32 32 #2,411
1993 — 19 19 #3,419
1992 — 19 19 #3,395
1991 — 18 18 #3,395
1990 — 20 20 #3,114
1989 — 16 16 #3,539
1988 — 24 24 #2,481
1987 — 21 21 #2,604
1986 — 16 16 #3,071
1985 — 20 20 #2,560
1984 — 17 17 #2,780
1983 — 14 14 #3,165
1982 — 33 33 #1,764
1981 — 14 14 #3,144
1980 — 24 24 #2,202
1979 — 29 29 #1,891
1978 — 15 15 #2,888
1977 — 16 16 #2,747
1976 — 20 20 #2,310
1975 — 8 8 #4,144
1974 — 9 9 #3,734
1973 — 9 9 #3,600
1972 — 19 19 #2,142
1971 — 5 5 #5,360
1970 — 6 6 #4,544
1969 — 7 7 #3,853
1968 — 6 6 #4,032
1965 — 5 5 #4,325
1958 — 5 5 #4,475