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.

Johnthomas

#6,779 most common boys' name of all time · #17,002 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among boys
#6,779
Rank overall
#17,002 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
566
Since 2016
100
Peak year
1997 #3,809
Best rank
#3,439 1982
Girls Boys peak 18/yr
198020002020

Johnthomas first appears in 1972. 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 — 6 6 #10,968
2024 — 6 6 #11,236
2023 — 12 12 #7,019
2022 — 15 15 #5,965
2021 — 11 11 #7,226
2020 — 8 8 #8,943
2019 — 12 12 #6,893
2018 — 9 9 #8,354
2017 — 12 12 #6,820
2016 — 9 9 #8,326
2015 — 10 10 #7,660
2014 — 15 15 #5,837
2013 — 12 12 #6,733
2012 — 9 9 #8,361
2011 — 7 7 #9,906
2010 — 14 14 #6,130
2009 — 12 12 #6,949
2008 — 15 15 #5,877
2007 — 16 16 #5,521
2006 — 17 17 #5,176
2005 — 18 18 #4,711
2004 — 12 12 #6,282
2003 — 13 13 #5,684
2002 — 16 16 #4,781
2001 — 13 13 #5,500
2000 — 13 13 #5,406
1999 — 18 18 #4,067
1998 — 16 16 #4,304
1997 — 18 18 #3,809
1996 — 8 8 #6,747
1995 — 14 14 #4,407
1994 — 16 16 #4,009
1993 — 9 9 #5,983
1992 — 12 12 #4,729
1991 — 8 8 #6,197
1990 — 9 9 #5,607
1988 — 11 11 #4,360
1987 — 12 12 #3,891
1986 — 9 9 #4,708
1985 — 9 9 #4,579
1984 — 7 7 #5,354
1983 — 6 6 #5,944
1982 — 13 13 #3,439
1981 — 8 8 #4,836
1980 — 8 8 #4,810
1979 — 6 6 #5,813
1978 — 7 7 #4,917
1976 — 7 7 #4,817
1975 — 7 7 #4,714
1974 — 5 5 #5,785
1973 — 5 5 #5,697
1972 — 6 6 #4,951