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.

Larkin**

#1,855 most common boys' name of all time · #4,485 across all names · 56% male / 44% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,855
Rank overall
#4,485 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
138 of 146
All-time
4,540
Since 2016
1,207
Peak year
2018 #2,301
Best rank
#454 1880
Girls Boys peak 155/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Larkin 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 41 34 75 #3,380
2024 44 43 87 #2,917
2023 49 46 95 #2,770
2022 63 39 102 #3,101
2021 65 44 109 #2,820
2020 86 46 132 #2,689
2019 87 64 151 #2,188
2018 97 58 155 #2,301
2017 96 56 152 #2,322
2016 93 56 149 #2,337
2015 84 43 127 #2,771
2014 85 36 121 #3,091
2013 63 36 99 #3,063
2012 56 21 77 #4,535
2011 45 30 75 #3,511
2010 67 25 92 #3,996
2009 72 33 105 #3,333
2008 79 20 99 #4,717
2007 95 27 122 #3,797
2006 115 21 136 #4,373
2005 30 28 58 #3,451
2004 31 14 45 #5,499
2003 29 22 51 #3,843
2002 31 16 47 #4,705
2001 30 13 43 #5,395
2000 26 25 51 #3,301
1999 20 13 33 #5,039
1998 21 16 37 #4,202
1997 21 14 35 #4,456
1996 19 16 35 #4,025
1995 10 13 23 #4,517
1994 18 10 28 #5,461
1993 16 16 32 #3,825
1992 17 12 29 #4,570
1991 10 17 27 #3,469
1990 13 12 25 #4,412
1989 16 11 27 #4,535
1988 16 11 27 #4,171
1987 18 13 31 #3,530
1986 10 9 19 #4,466
1985 13 13 26 #3,407
1984 10 11 21 #3,714
1983 11 9 20 #4,152
1982 16 12 28 #3,486
1981 9 9 18 #4,163
1980 10 11 21 #3,628
1979 8 9 17 #4,084
1978 6 16 22 #2,676
1977 8 17 25 #2,563
1976 5 14 19 #2,834
1975 10 7 17 #4,327
1974 6 8 14 #3,850
1973 — 8 8 #3,712
1972 5 7 12 #3,981
1971 — 13 13 #2,688
1970 7 — 7 —
1969 — 13 13 #2,426
1968 — 16 16 #2,034
1967 — 8 8 #2,999
1966 6 10 16 #2,636
1965 — 9 9 #2,793
1964 — 13 13 #2,315
1963 — 11 11 #2,550
1962 — 14 14 #2,190
1961 — 19 19 #1,889
1960 — 16 16 #2,050
1959 5 13 18 #2,305
1958 — 17 17 #1,959
1957 — 16 16 #2,026
1956 — 15 15 #2,094
1955 — 16 16 #1,981
1954 — 20 20 #1,708
1953 — 22 22 #1,636
1952 — 22 22 #1,620
1951 — 16 16 #1,909
1950 — 19 19 #1,703
1949 — 17 17 #1,821
1948 — 24 24 #1,489
1947 — 19 19 #1,740
1946 — 15 15 #1,893
1945 — 14 14 #1,858
1944 — 24 24 #1,374
1943 — 21 21 #1,534
1942 — 13 13 #2,052
1941 — 18 18 #1,638
1940 — 15 15 #1,809
1939 — 17 17 #1,643
1938 — 14 14 #1,908
1937 — 16 16 #1,761
1936 — 12 12 #2,076
1935 — 11 11 #2,255
1934 — 23 23 #1,428
1933 — 15 15 #1,834
1932 — 14 14 #2,004
1931 — 20 20 #1,593
1930 — 15 15 #1,981
1929 — 16 16 #1,946
1928 — 22 22 #1,614
1927 — 21 21 #1,699
1926 — 31 31 #1,301
1925 — 25 25 #1,497
1924 — 24 24 #1,583
1923 — 35 35 #1,214
1922 — 35 35 #1,224
1921 — 19 19 #1,836
1920 — 31 31 #1,303
1919 — 30 30 #1,297
1918 — 26 26 #1,408
1917 — 22 22 #1,531
1916 — 26 26 #1,340
1915 — 26 26 #1,311
1914 — 21 21 #1,304
1913 — 14 14 #1,446
1912 — 7 7 #2,062
1911 — 9 9 #1,204
1910 — 9 9 #1,127
1909 — 10 10 #962
1908 — 8 8 #1,040
1906 — 5 5 #1,277
1905 — 12 12 #702
1903 — 9 9 #793
1902 — 5 5 #1,161
1899 — 7 7 #870
1898 — 5 5 #1,144
1895 — 10 10 #692
1894 — 6 6 #980
1893 — 6 6 #925
1892 — 7 7 #878
1890 — 5 5 #1,017
1889 — 10 10 #638
1888 — 12 12 #590
1886 — 8 8 #709
1885 — 10 10 #609
1884 — 6 6 #868
1883 — 6 6 #810
1882 — 14 14 #498
1881 — 10 10 #567
1880 — 16 16 #454