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.

Jethro

#1,916 most common boys' name of all time · #4,629 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1893–2025

Rank among boys
#1,916
Rank overall
#4,629 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
123 of 146
All-time
4,325
Since 2016
1,676
Peak year
2025 #953
Best rank
#922 1899
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 245/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Jethro first appears in 1893. 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 — 245 245 #953
2024 — 204 204 #1,069
2023 — 189 189 #1,118
2022 — 181 181 #1,148
2021 — 155 155 #1,237
2020 — 139 139 #1,299
2019 — 151 151 #1,246
2018 — 159 159 #1,194
2017 — 116 116 #1,461
2016 — 137 137 #1,314
2015 — 112 112 #1,482
2014 — 103 103 #1,552
2013 — 87 87 #1,697
2012 — 75 75 #1,912
2011 — 73 73 #1,911
2010 — 65 65 #2,078
2009 — 62 62 #2,169
2008 — 30 30 #3,568
2007 — 32 32 #3,389
2006 — 31 31 #3,394
2005 — 26 26 #3,629
2004 — 23 23 #3,871
2003 — 16 16 #4,829
2002 — 27 27 #3,268
2001 — 18 18 #4,320
2000 — 22 22 #3,653
1999 — 21 21 #3,602
1998 — 20 20 #3,609
1997 — 14 14 #4,471
1996 — 17 17 #3,844
1995 — 15 15 #4,076
1994 — 20 20 #3,349
1993 — 21 21 #3,155
1992 — 22 22 #3,014
1991 — 17 17 #3,485
1990 — 17 17 #3,487
1989 — 16 16 #3,477
1988 — 20 20 #2,781
1987 — 16 16 #3,095
1986 — 24 24 #2,306
1985 — 18 18 #2,732
1984 — 12 12 #3,503
1983 — 20 20 #2,428
1982 — 12 12 #3,505
1981 — 21 21 #2,351
1980 — 20 20 #2,460
1979 — 19 19 #2,493
1978 — 18 18 #2,491
1977 — 18 18 #2,483
1976 — 19 19 #2,341
1975 — 13 13 #2,935
1974 — 23 23 #1,948
1973 — 14 14 #2,627
1972 — 17 17 #2,260
1971 — 14 14 #2,584
1970 — 15 15 #2,431
1969 — 11 11 #2,718
1968 — 9 9 #2,950
1967 — 8 8 #3,051
1966 — 8 8 #3,055
1965 — 11 11 #2,514
1964 — 9 9 #2,911
1963 — 9 9 #2,908
1962 — 18 18 #1,918
1961 — 12 12 #2,461
1960 — 12 12 #2,462
1959 — 13 13 #2,334
1958 — 27 27 #1,523
1957 — 27 27 #1,531
1956 — 23 23 #1,653
1955 — 22 22 #1,662
1954 — 25 25 #1,544
1953 — 28 28 #1,440
1952 — 24 24 #1,562
1951 — 25 25 #1,502
1950 — 26 26 #1,448
1949 — 34 34 #1,241
1948 — 26 26 #1,444
1947 — 17 17 #1,873
1946 — 8 8 #2,742
1945 — 21 21 #1,465
1944 — 20 20 #1,550
1943 — 20 20 #1,611
1942 — 22 22 #1,516
1941 — 20 20 #1,563
1940 — 20 20 #1,547
1939 — 16 16 #1,748
1938 — 11 11 #2,239
1937 — 15 15 #1,861
1936 — 18 18 #1,614
1935 — 21 21 #1,523
1934 — 25 25 #1,378
1933 — 22 22 #1,478
1932 — 22 22 #1,527
1931 — 24 24 #1,448
1930 — 20 20 #1,667
1929 — 15 15 #2,046
1928 — 20 20 #1,728
1927 — 28 28 #1,421
1926 — 36 36 #1,211
1925 — 30 30 #1,351
1924 — 33 33 #1,276
1923 — 46 46 #1,049
1922 — 23 23 #1,620
1921 — 33 33 #1,285
1920 — 32 32 #1,292
1919 — 36 36 #1,181
1918 — 26 26 #1,422
1917 — 32 32 #1,216
1916 — 20 20 #1,623
1915 — 20 20 #1,581
1914 — 26 26 #1,143
1913 — 29 29 #929
1912 — 18 18 #1,128
1911 — 12 12 #1,027
1910 — 10 10 #1,107
1909 — 5 5 #1,591
1908 — 5 5 #1,506
1907 — 6 6 #1,307
1904 — 5 5 #1,351
1900 — 7 7 #1,138
1899 — 7 7 #922
1893 — 5 5 #1,170