Less
#9,970 most common boys' name of all time · #25,201 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1881–1957
Rank among boys
#9,970
Rank overall
#25,201 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
281
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1923 #2,247
Best rank
#730 1900
Girls
Boys
peak 14/yr
Less first appears in 1881. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,282 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,567 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,488 |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,351 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,769 |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,537 |
| 1938 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,217 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,218 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,683 |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,684 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,823 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,803 |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,592 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,750 |
| 1925 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,183 |
| 1924 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,287 |
| 1923 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,247 |
| 1921 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,906 |
| 1920 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,519 |
| 1919 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,287 |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 1917 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,755 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,205 |
| 1915 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,340 |
| 1914 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,487 |
| 1913 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,126 |
| 1912 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,091 |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,640 |
| 1907 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,137 |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,313 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,299 |
| 1904 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,131 |
| 1903 | — | 10 | 10 | #766 |
| 1900 | — | 13 | 13 | #730 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,141 |
| 1895 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,156 |
| 1889 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,049 |
| 1884 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,043 |
| 1881 | — | 5 | 5 | #971 |