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.

Lanier*

#4,259 most common boys' name of all time · #10,436 across all names · 87% male / 13% female · used 1914–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#4,259
Rank overall
#10,436 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
105 of 146
All-time
1,217
Since 2016
122
Peak year
1972 #2,115
Best rank
#1,788 1952
Girls Boys peak 24/yr
192019401960198020002020

Lanier first appears in 1914. 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 11 5 16 #12,114
2024 6 10 16 #7,822
2023 7 8 15 #8,985
2022 — 9 9 #8,381
2021 7 11 18 #7,127
2020 5 5 10 #12,157
2019 — 9 9 #8,274
2017 7 8 15 #8,922
2016 9 5 14 #12,321
2015 9 5 14 #12,212
2014 5 7 12 #9,732
2013 7 7 14 #9,766
2012 — 8 8 #8,943
2011 6 12 18 #6,619
2010 — 9 9 #8,206
2009 — 11 11 #7,280
2007 — 8 8 #8,988
2006 — 10 10 #7,489
2005 7 8 15 #8,391
2004 8 5 13 #11,496
2001 — 5 5 #10,706
2000 — 6 6 #9,233
1999 10 7 17 #7,965
1998 — 8 8 #6,920
1997 — 11 11 #5,343
1996 6 12 18 #4,920
1995 — 7 7 #7,088
1994 — 7 7 #7,054
1993 — 7 7 #6,926
1992 — 8 8 #6,205
1991 — 10 10 #5,171
1990 — 8 8 #5,919
1989 7 11 18 #4,581
1988 — 8 8 #5,308
1987 5 12 17 #3,787
1986 — 10 10 #4,194
1985 — 9 9 #4,423
1984 — 16 16 #2,863
1983 — 12 12 #3,477
1982 — 8 8 #4,686
1981 — 8 8 #4,614
1980 — 9 9 #4,222
1979 — 13 13 #3,234
1978 — 8 8 #4,256
1977 — 12 12 #3,263
1976 — 12 12 #3,149
1975 — 6 6 #4,949
1974 — 14 14 #2,724
1973 — 12 12 #2,914
1972 5 19 24 #2,115
1971 — 13 13 #2,741
1970 — 8 8 #3,643
1969 6 7 13 #3,715
1968 — 15 15 #2,154
1967 — 7 7 #3,362
1966 — 11 11 #2,555
1965 — 14 14 #2,232
1964 — 11 11 #2,609
1963 — 8 8 #3,182
1962 — 11 11 #2,599
1961 — 10 10 #2,804
1960 — 11 11 #2,612
1959 — 6 6 #3,783
1958 5 10 15 #2,732
1957 — 10 10 #2,734
1956 — 12 12 #2,441
1955 — 13 13 #2,266
1954 5 11 16 #2,529
1953 — 10 10 #2,641
1952 — 19 19 #1,788
1951 — 14 14 #2,115
1950 — 9 9 #2,705
1949 — 15 15 #2,004
1948 — 12 12 #2,297
1947 — 9 9 #2,799
1946 — 16 16 #1,869
1945 — 12 12 #2,103
1944 — 16 16 #1,795
1943 — 14 14 #2,061
1942 — 13 13 #2,123
1941 — 11 11 #2,304
1940 — 12 12 #2,163
1939 — 11 11 #2,257
1938 — 8 8 #2,783
1937 — 15 15 #1,903
1936 — 11 11 #2,274
1935 — 11 11 #2,362
1934 — 7 7 #3,160
1932 — 12 12 #2,295
1931 — 9 9 #2,812
1930 — 6 6 #3,807
1929 — 8 8 #3,158
1928 — 10 10 #2,789
1927 — 18 18 #1,945
1926 6 9 15 #3,068
1925 — 13 13 #2,419
1924 5 13 18 #2,456
1923 — 18 18 #1,935
1922 — 10 10 #2,956
1920 — 14 14 #2,318
1919 — 7 7 #3,594
1918 — 9 9 #3,041
1917 — 6 6 #3,750
1916 — 5 5 #4,170
1914 — 8 8 #2,628