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.

Laymon

#5,578 most common boys' name of all time · #13,889 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1908–1995

Rank among boys
#5,578
Rank overall
#13,889 of 105,966
First appeared
1908
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
779
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1936 #1,453
Best rank
#1,453 1936
Girls Boys peak 22/yr
1920194019601980

Laymon first appears in 1908. 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
1995 — 6 6 #7,877
1979 — 8 8 #4,478
1977 — 5 5 #5,973
1975 — 5 5 #5,590
1974 — 5 5 #5,345
1972 — 5 5 #5,110
1971 — 7 7 #4,064
1970 — 10 10 #3,133
1969 — 9 9 #3,142
1968 — 8 8 #3,171
1966 — 13 13 #2,259
1965 — 11 11 #2,527
1963 — 9 9 #2,928
1962 — 5 5 #4,173
1961 — 7 7 #3,435
1959 — 10 10 #2,725
1958 — 11 11 #2,557
1957 — 14 14 #2,232
1956 — 8 8 #3,053
1955 — 10 10 #2,642
1954 — 13 13 #2,259
1953 — 14 14 #2,149
1952 — 12 12 #2,302
1951 — 19 19 #1,751
1950 — 18 18 #1,794
1949 — 18 18 #1,797
1948 — 12 12 #2,272
1947 — 15 15 #2,028
1946 — 12 12 #2,206
1945 — 18 18 #1,617
1944 — 11 11 #2,251
1943 — 12 12 #2,232
1942 — 14 14 #2,005
1941 — 20 20 #1,575
1940 — 20 20 #1,559
1939 — 15 15 #1,846
1938 — 17 17 #1,727
1937 — 12 12 #2,151
1936 — 22 22 #1,453
1935 — 13 13 #2,084
1934 — 14 14 #1,990
1933 — 14 14 #1,960
1932 — 18 18 #1,760
1931 — 17 17 #1,814
1930 — 12 12 #2,369
1929 — 7 7 #3,333
1928 — 14 14 #2,222
1927 — 15 15 #2,168
1926 — 15 15 #2,135
1925 — 12 12 #2,511
1924 — 15 15 #2,190
1923 — 15 15 #2,183
1922 — 8 8 #3,332
1921 — 18 18 #1,956
1920 — 17 17 #2,021
1919 — 15 15 #2,120
1918 — 14 14 #2,218
1917 — 12 12 #2,359
1916 — 11 11 #2,469
1915 — 19 19 #1,645
1914 — 6 6 #3,032
1913 — 5 5 #2,983
1912 — 8 8 #1,995
1908 — 5 5 #1,572