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.

Jester

#18,025 most common boys' name of all time · #47,193 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–2016

Rank among boys
#18,025
Rank overall
#47,193 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
66
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1920 #3,754
Best rank
#3,649 1953
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
19201940196019802000

Jester first appears in 1916. 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
2016 — 5 5 #12,360
2009 — 5 5 #12,680
2006 — 5 5 #12,238
1991 — 5 5 #8,461
1989 — 6 6 #7,124
1953 — 6 6 #3,649
1938 — 5 5 #3,875
1929 — 5 5 #4,344
1921 — 6 6 #4,171
1920 — 7 7 #3,754
1919 — 6 6 #4,060
1916 — 5 5 #4,405