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.

Jearl*

#6,584 most common boys' name of all time · #16,491 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1919–1983 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#6,584
Rank overall
#16,491 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
596
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1942 #1,627
Best rank
#1,484 1941
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
1920194019601980

Jearl first appears in 1919. 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
1983 — 6 6 #5,711
1980 — 5 5 #6,522
1974 — 6 6 #4,828
1971 — 6 6 #4,594
1970 — 5 5 #5,013
1969 — 9 9 #3,198
1964 — 10 10 #2,789
1963 — 5 5 #4,349
1962 — 6 6 #3,853
1961 — 9 9 #3,035
1960 — 9 9 #3,014
1959 — 5 5 #4,318
1958 — 10 10 #2,762
1957 — 5 5 #4,310
1956 — 6 6 #3,777
1955 — 12 12 #2,404
1954 — 6 6 #3,697
1953 — 13 13 #2,273
1952 — 14 14 #2,144
1951 — 9 9 #2,805
1950 5 12 17 #2,309
1949 — 13 13 #2,218
1948 — 10 10 #2,586
1947 — 12 12 #2,345
1946 — 5 5 #3,872
1945 — 17 17 #1,692
1944 — 15 15 #1,884
1943 7 13 20 #2,170
1942 9 20 29 #1,627
1941 6 22 28 #1,484
1940 — 15 15 #1,886
1939 — 12 12 #2,151
1938 — 18 18 #1,683
1937 11 15 26 #1,909
1936 — 13 13 #2,060
1935 — 11 11 #2,384
1934 — 16 16 #1,855
1933 — 17 17 #1,768
1932 — 21 21 #1,582
1931 — 12 12 #2,325
1930 6 14 20 #2,176
1929 — 15 15 #2,091
1927 5 12 17 #2,519
1926 5 10 15 #2,894
1925 — 7 7 #3,709
1924 — 11 11 #2,819
1922 — 7 7 #3,830
1921 — 9 9 #3,203
1920 — 5 5 #4,804
1919 — 7 7 #3,727