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.

Kit**

#1,514 most common boys' name of all time · #3,674 across all names · 63% male / 37% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,514
Rank overall
#3,674 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
6,262
Since 2016
2,355
Peak year
2025 #1,099
Best rank
#786 1955
Girls Boys peak 403/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Kit is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 208 195 403 #1,099
2024 189 185 374 #1,141
2023 135 182 317 #1,149
2022 166 137 303 #1,369
2021 105 130 235 #1,409
2020 82 114 196 #1,490
2019 76 101 177 #1,625
2018 57 87 144 #1,762
2017 49 67 116 #2,066
2016 31 59 90 #2,261
2015 28 40 68 #2,920
2014 17 21 38 #4,548
2013 13 12 25 #6,616
2012 16 16 32 #5,485
2011 9 13 22 #6,264
2010 13 10 23 #7,603
2009 12 12 24 #6,822
2008 7 10 17 #7,715
2007 6 8 14 #8,933
2006 — 7 7 #9,605
2005 8 12 20 #6,236
2004 7 16 23 #5,015
2003 — 10 10 #6,739
2002 5 7 12 #8,487
2001 5 22 27 #3,729
2000 5 13 18 #5,310
1999 6 9 15 #6,550
1998 — 13 13 #4,891
1997 6 11 17 #5,300
1996 — 18 18 #3,683
1995 — 17 17 #3,705
1994 — 17 17 #3,765
1993 7 19 26 #3,378
1992 5 16 21 #3,766
1991 — 20 20 #3,122
1990 5 18 23 #3,324
1989 — 12 12 #4,288
1988 5 11 16 #4,180
1987 9 31 40 #1,980
1986 — 23 23 #2,374
1985 — 25 25 #2,175
1984 7 33 40 #1,725
1983 10 29 39 #1,875
1982 11 34 45 #1,707
1981 9 35 44 #1,666
1980 15 27 42 #2,016
1979 11 27 38 #1,951
1978 5 36 41 #1,575
1977 11 27 38 #1,865
1976 8 26 34 #1,882
1975 5 29 34 #1,713
1974 10 36 46 #1,450
1973 15 26 41 #1,748
1972 11 41 52 #1,312
1971 15 46 61 #1,221
1970 13 24 37 #1,806
1969 9 36 45 #1,327
1968 10 31 41 #1,398
1967 14 38 52 #1,220
1966 15 29 44 #1,432
1965 15 42 57 #1,173
1964 26 37 63 #1,295
1963 35 42 77 #1,205
1962 33 29 62 #1,458
1961 34 47 81 #1,149
1960 38 39 77 #1,254
1959 37 59 96 #1,004
1958 44 68 112 #922
1957 60 77 137 #858
1956 50 79 129 #845
1955 46 86 132 #786
1954 39 74 113 #843
1953 27 74 101 #834
1952 35 74 109 #817
1951 35 68 103 #847
1950 28 67 95 #833
1949 21 42 63 #1,087
1948 25 51 76 #979
1947 32 52 84 #989
1946 24 56 80 #882
1945 27 28 55 #1,250
1944 25 56 81 #845
1943 14 44 58 #1,012
1942 12 31 43 #1,253
1941 9 36 45 #1,095
1940 10 20 30 #1,533
1939 — 13 13 #1,973
1938 8 — 8 —
1937 6 9 15 #2,505
1936 — 6 6 #3,180
1935 — 10 10 #2,413
1934 — 6 6 #3,305
1933 — 5 5 #3,679
1931 — 6 6 #3,411
1930 — 7 7 #3,313
1929 — 7 7 #3,270
1928 8 6 14 #3,736
1927 6 10 16 #2,727
1926 6 10 16 #2,740
1925 5 5 10 #4,240
1924 — 6 6 #3,891
1922 — 11 11 #2,653
1921 — 16 16 #2,077
1920 — 8 8 #3,229
1919 — 5 5 #4,201
1918 — 6 6 #3,760
1917 — 11 11 #2,441
1916 — 7 7 #3,200
1915 — 8 8 #2,851
1914 — 6 6 #2,942
1909 — 5 5 #1,502
1892 — 5 5 #1,135
1890 — 8 8 #796
1889 — 5 5 #1,030
1880 — 5 5 #1,000