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.

Lang

#6,849 most common boys' name of all time · #17,206 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1918–2023

Rank among boys
#6,849
Rank overall
#17,206 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
73 of 146
All-time
555
Since 2016
38
Peak year
1985 #3,887
Best rank
#2,581 1948
Girls Boys peak 17/yr
192019401960198020002020

Lang first appears in 1918. 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 #12,448
2022 8 8 #9,094
2021 5 5 #12,352
2020 5 5 #12,205
2019 6 6 #10,948
2016 9 9 #8,233
2014 6 6 #10,861
2013 6 6 #10,857
2012 5 5 #12,445
2010 6 6 #10,919
2009 5 5 #12,700
2008 5 5 #12,755
2007 5 5 #12,571
2003 8 8 #7,964
1999 7 7 #8,001
1998 5 5 #9,843
1997 7 7 #7,397
1996 6 6 #8,129
1995 9 9 #6,007
1994 12 12 #4,882
1993 7 7 #6,955
1992 8 8 #6,235
1991 6 6 #7,449
1990 13 13 #4,236
1989 13 13 #4,091
1988 11 11 #4,250
1987 9 9 #4,694
1986 11 11 #3,973
1985 6 11 17 #3,887
1984 12 12 #3,543
1983 11 11 #3,712
1982 7 7 #5,175
1981 11 11 #3,687
1980 8 8 #4,624
1979 7 7 #4,988
1977 9 9 #3,941
1976 8 8 #4,154
1975 10 10 #3,530
1974 7 7 #4,345
1973 5 5 #5,355
1971 9 9 #3,498
1970 11 11 #2,990
1969 8 8 #3,450
1967 5 5 #4,233
1966 5 5 #4,230
1964 7 7 #3,463
1963 8 8 #3,218
1962 10 10 #2,792
1961 11 11 #2,640
1960 11 11 #2,629
1959 9 9 #2,958
1956 7 7 #3,422
1954 6 6 #3,687
1953 8 8 #3,069
1952 7 7 #3,285
1951 8 8 #3,012
1950 5 5 #3,982
1949 6 6 #3,581
1948 10 10 #2,581
1947 7 7 #3,309
1944 5 5 #3,770
1943 5 5 #3,904
1940 6 6 #3,398
1937 5 5 #3,888
1935 6 6 #3,574
1932 5 5 #4,160
1931 5 5 #4,176
1928 5 5 #4,561
1927 8 8 #3,416
1926 9 9 #3,126
1924 5 5 #4,758
1919 6 6 #4,100
1918 7 7 #3,708