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.

Jennings*

#1,694 most common boys' name of all time · #4,110 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1892–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,694
Rank overall
#4,110 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
133 of 146
All-time
5,192
Since 2016
969
Peak year
2021 #1,772
Best rank
#248 1897
Girls Boys peak 116/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Jennings first appears in 1892. 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 15 86 101 #1,839
2024 26 80 106 #1,959
2023 23 78 101 #1,972
2022 25 81 106 #1,921
2021 26 90 116 #1,772
2020 22 71 93 #2,002
2019 21 85 106 #1,806
2018 13 85 98 #1,796
2017 16 50 66 #2,534
2016 14 62 76 #2,187
2015 19 44 63 #2,725
2014 9 28 37 #3,704
2013 14 50 64 #2,467
2012 11 24 35 #4,138
2011 8 26 34 #3,893
2010 8 27 35 #3,817
2009 — 19 19 #4,939
2008 — 22 22 #4,407
2007 — 15 15 #5,677
2006 — 21 21 #4,382
2005 — 13 13 #5,902
2004 — 13 13 #5,833
2003 5 20 25 #4,133
2002 6 9 15 #7,096
2001 — 13 13 #5,411
2000 6 16 22 #4,591
1999 7 19 26 #3,850
1998 6 18 24 #3,870
1997 — 11 11 #5,313
1996 7 9 16 #6,015
1995 — 13 13 #4,538
1994 — 22 22 #3,124
1993 7 18 25 #3,520
1992 — 19 19 #3,360
1991 — 11 11 #4,796
1990 — 15 15 #3,809
1989 — 17 17 #3,345
1988 — 15 15 #3,386
1987 — 15 15 #3,222
1986 — 18 18 #2,799
1985 — 20 20 #2,525
1984 — 13 13 #3,293
1983 — 19 19 #2,508
1982 — 15 15 #2,986
1981 — 15 15 #2,922
1980 — 17 17 #2,750
1979 — 13 13 #3,204
1978 — 16 16 #2,699
1977 — 16 16 #2,692
1976 — 14 14 #2,852
1975 — 17 17 #2,471
1974 — 15 15 #2,577
1973 — 12 12 #2,892
1972 — 15 15 #2,448
1971 — 15 15 #2,489
1970 — 18 18 #2,147
1969 — 16 16 #2,155
1968 — 20 20 #1,805
1967 — 13 13 #2,272
1966 — 16 16 #1,990
1965 — 22 22 #1,691
1964 — 20 20 #1,812
1963 — 27 27 #1,532
1962 — 21 21 #1,780
1961 — 35 35 #1,358
1960 — 33 33 #1,393
1959 — 34 34 #1,345
1958 — 29 29 #1,458
1957 — 28 28 #1,497
1956 — 29 29 #1,457
1955 — 34 34 #1,302
1954 — 26 26 #1,508
1953 — 42 42 #1,146
1952 — 51 51 #1,006
1951 — 30 30 #1,360
1950 — 36 36 #1,211
1949 — 44 44 #1,070
1948 — 45 45 #1,055
1947 — 56 56 #947
1946 — 40 40 #1,105
1945 — 58 58 #826
1944 — 48 48 #931
1943 — 54 54 #913
1942 — 54 54 #908
1941 — 54 54 #867
1940 — 44 44 #977
1939 — 59 59 #799
1938 — 72 72 #723
1937 — 45 45 #937
1936 — 65 65 #753
1935 — 54 54 #856
1934 — 66 66 #759
1933 — 60 60 #796
1932 — 59 59 #835
1931 — 63 63 #792
1930 — 57 57 #879
1929 — 73 73 #738
1928 — 78 78 #730
1927 — 91 91 #674
1926 — 113 113 #593
1925 — 101 101 #634
1924 — 88 88 #703
1923 — 104 104 #630
1922 — 64 64 #862
1921 — 86 86 #705
1920 — 95 95 #652
1919 — 60 60 #858
1918 — 72 72 #770
1917 — 57 57 #853
1916 — 71 71 #713
1915 — 58 58 #801
1914 — 46 46 #785
1913 — 48 48 #646
1912 — 27 27 #874
1911 — 13 13 #969
1910 — 10 10 #1,103
1909 — 7 7 #1,249
1908 — 12 12 #822
1907 — 15 15 #697
1906 — 10 10 #845
1905 — 5 5 #1,360
1904 — 7 7 #1,049
1902 — 9 9 #855
1901 — 11 11 #680
1900 — 31 31 #412
1899 — 17 17 #480
1898 — 28 28 #376
1897 — 50 50 #248
1896 — 40 40 #295
1895 — 9 9 #794
1894 — 5 5 #1,218
1893 — 5 5 #1,154
1892 — 5 5 #1,241