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.

Kort

#6,991 most common boys' name of all time · #17,563 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1947–2025

Rank among boys
#6,991
Rank overall
#17,563 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
536
Since 2016
83
Peak year
2004 #3,768
Best rank
#3,006 1958
Girls Boys peak 24/yr
1960198020002020

Kort first appears in 1947. 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 — 8 8 #9,035
2024 — 6 6 #11,133
2022 — 6 6 #11,083
2021 — 11 11 #7,170
2020 — 8 8 #8,860
2019 — 8 8 #9,035
2018 — 9 9 #8,280
2017 — 13 13 #6,403
2016 — 14 14 #6,111
2015 — 15 15 #5,795
2014 — 10 10 #7,681
2013 — 16 16 #5,456
2012 — 15 15 #5,775
2011 — 13 13 #6,324
2010 — 21 21 #4,553
2009 — 15 15 #5,861
2008 — 13 13 #6,466
2007 — 14 14 #5,975
2006 — 22 22 #4,265
2005 — 16 16 #5,097
2004 — 24 24 #3,768
2003 — 15 15 #5,089
2002 — 15 15 #4,974
2001 — 7 7 #8,518
2000 — 11 11 #6,021
1999 — 10 10 #6,179
1998 — 14 14 #4,705
1997 — 13 13 #4,750
1996 — 7 7 #7,334
1995 — 10 10 #5,622
1994 — 5 5 #9,087
1993 — 11 11 #5,114
1992 — 11 11 #4,996
1991 — 8 8 #6,099
1990 — 5 5 #8,488
1989 — 5 5 #8,249
1988 — 6 6 #6,689
1987 — 7 7 #5,676
1986 — 6 6 #6,217
1983 — 5 5 #6,599
1982 — 6 6 #5,896
1981 — 6 6 #5,771
1980 — 6 6 #5,814
1976 — 5 5 #5,940
1973 — 5 5 #5,452
1972 — 7 7 #4,207
1971 — 5 5 #5,289
1966 — 7 7 #3,455
1963 — 7 7 #3,556
1962 — 8 8 #3,254
1961 — 6 6 #3,962
1958 — 9 9 #3,006
1952 — 5 5 #4,180
1947 — 6 6 #3,722