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.

Jantzen

#5,859 most common boys' name of all time · #14,596 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1976–2025

Rank among boys
#5,859
Rank overall
#14,596 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
720
Since 2016
82
Peak year
1994 #2,432
Best rank
#2,222 1985
Girls Boys peak 32/yr
198020002020

Jantzen first appears in 1976. 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 — 8 8 #9,138
2022 — 6 6 #11,219
2021 — 5 5 #12,599
2020 — 10 10 #7,696
2019 — 10 10 #7,835
2018 — 10 10 #7,805
2017 — 16 16 #5,639
2016 — 17 17 #5,420
2015 — 8 8 #9,020
2014 — 13 13 #6,430
2013 — 16 16 #5,509
2012 — 19 19 #4,938
2011 — 9 9 #8,290
2010 — 13 13 #6,495
2009 — 11 11 #7,392
2008 — 20 20 #4,808
2007 — 19 19 #4,884
2006 — 13 13 #6,236
2005 — 17 17 #4,935
2004 — 14 14 #5,653
2003 — 13 13 #5,703
2002 — 16 16 #4,806
2001 — 17 17 #4,588
2000 6 13 19 #5,434
1999 — 17 17 #4,280
1998 — 14 14 #4,768
1997 — 18 18 #3,825
1996 8 18 26 #3,780
1995 — 21 21 #3,276
1994 — 32 32 #2,432
1993 — 19 19 #3,462
1992 — 12 12 #4,765
1991 — 27 27 #2,602
1990 — 23 23 #2,853
1989 — 23 23 #2,763
1988 — 21 21 #2,754
1987 — 19 19 #2,828
1986 — 21 21 #2,597
1985 — 25 25 #2,222
1984 — 17 17 #2,818
1983 — 11 11 #3,854
1982 — 12 12 #3,674
1981 — 11 11 #3,836
1980 — 13 13 #3,417
1979 — 8 8 #4,788
1978 — 6 6 #5,651
1976 — 5 5 #6,359