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.

Jw

#8,700 most common boys' name of all time · #22,010 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1919–2023

Rank among boys
#8,700
Rank overall
#22,010 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
364
Since 2016
38
Peak year
1922 #2,039
Best rank
#2,039 1922
Girls Boys peak 17/yr
192019401960198020002020

Jw 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
2023 — 5 5 #12,454
2022 — 6 6 #11,027
2021 — 6 6 #10,954
2020 — 7 7 #9,663
2018 — 9 9 #8,249
2017 — 5 5 #12,448
2014 — 8 8 #8,899
2013 — 5 5 #12,324
2012 — 10 10 #7,647
2007 — 8 8 #9,026
2006 — 5 5 #12,267
2005 — 6 6 #10,306
2003 — 5 5 #11,122
2002 — 6 6 #9,555
1999 — 8 8 #7,266
1997 — 8 8 #6,737
1996 — 6 6 #8,139
1995 — 9 9 #6,011
1994 — 10 10 #5,551
1993 — 7 7 #6,961
1992 — 6 6 #7,628
1991 — 6 6 #7,458
1990 — 6 6 #7,356
1989 — 8 8 #5,777
1988 — 11 11 #4,253
1987 — 5 5 #7,213
1986 — 6 6 #6,125
1985 — 11 11 #3,888
1983 — 11 11 #3,717
1982 — 5 5 #6,629
1981 — 10 10 #3,959
1980 — 8 8 #4,627
1979 — 5 5 #6,341
1978 — 7 7 #4,713
1977 — 6 6 #5,343
1976 — 8 8 #4,163
1975 — 10 10 #3,533
1974 — 8 8 #3,970
1970 — 8 8 #3,682
1964 — 7 7 #3,470
1962 — 5 5 #4,342
1945 — 5 5 #3,686
1943 — 6 6 #3,486
1932 — 5 5 #4,177
1926 — 8 8 #3,358
1924 — 5 5 #4,780
1923 — 7 7 #3,784
1922 — 17 17 #2,039
1920 — 8 8 #3,469
1919 — 7 7 #3,728