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.

Kirtus

#20,227 most common boys' name of all time · #53,136 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1961–1994

Rank among boys
#20,227
Rank overall
#53,136 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
9 of 146
All-time
46
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1972 #4,802
Best rank
#4,445 1966
Girls Boys peak 6/yr
1980

Kirtus first appears in 1961. 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
1994 — 5 5 #9,147
1992 — 5 5 #8,824
1987 — 5 5 #7,388
1978 — 5 5 #6,227
1977 — 5 5 #6,333
1973 — 5 5 #5,525
1972 — 6 6 #4,802
1966 — 5 5 #4,445
1961 — 5 5 #4,624