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.

Keller*

#1,972 most common boys' name of all time · #4,745 across all names · 89% male / 11% female · used 1911–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,972
Rank overall
#4,745 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
4,172
Since 2016
1,241
Peak year
2014 #1,117
Best rank
#1,093 2012
Girls Boys peak 200/yr
192019401960198020002020

Keller first appears in 1911. 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 16 76 92 #1,996
2024 21 108 129 #1,592
2023 16 105 121 #1,644
2022 14 89 103 #1,817
2021 17 84 101 #1,845
2020 19 115 134 #1,479
2019 21 118 139 #1,471
2018 13 107 120 #1,566
2017 18 123 141 #1,415
2016 21 140 161 #1,297
2015 18 159 177 #1,168
2014 29 171 200 #1,117
2013 17 130 147 #1,323
2012 23 171 194 #1,093
2011 13 158 171 #1,144
2010 14 125 139 #1,360
2009 7 144 151 #1,245
2008 10 153 163 #1,171
2007 5 135 140 #1,287
2006 16 160 176 #1,100
2005 11 146 157 #1,123
2004 6 122 128 #1,238
2003 11 90 101 #1,453
2002 8 66 74 #1,747
2001 11 56 67 #1,938
2000 9 56 65 #1,878
1999 8 40 48 #2,269
1998 9 43 52 #2,130
1997 7 46 53 #1,967
1996 10 36 46 #2,268
1995 7 35 42 #2,264
1994 5 21 26 #3,239
1993 5 33 38 #2,303
1992 20 20 #3,244
1991 6 26 32 #2,623
1990 6 14 20 #4,005
1989 6 18 24 #3,236
1988 5 9 14 #4,838
1987 9 9 #4,652
1986 5 5 #6,872
1985 7 7 #5,250
1984 7 7 #5,075
1983 10 10 #3,926
1982 5 5 #6,515
1981 5 5 #6,420
1978 7 7 #4,655
1977 5 5 #5,984
1976 5 5 #5,728
1975 6 6 #4,918
1970 5 9 14 #3,338
1966 5 5 #4,091
1962 9 9 #2,924
1961 7 7
1960 7 7 #3,445
1950 6 6 #3,453
1949 8 8 #2,901
1948 5 5 #3,835
1941 6 6 #3,286
1940 7 7 #2,975
1938 8 8 #2,749
1935 5 5 #3,794
1933 6 6 #3,424
1932 6 6 #3,500
1928 10 10 #2,741
1925 6 6 #3,857
1924 12 12 #2,568
1923 5 5 #4,404
1922 5 5 #4,450
1921 9 9 #3,065
1918 7 7 #3,476
1917 5 5 #4,137
1916 5 5 #4,052
1915 7 7 #3,192
1914 9 9 #2,395
1913 6 6 #2,656
1912 5 5 #2,715
1911 5 5 #1,966