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.

Lige

#4,130 most common boys' name of all time · #10,123 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2006

Rank among boys
#4,130
Rank overall
#10,123 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
96 of 146
All-time
1,280
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1915 #1,186
Best rank
#330 1881
Girls Boys peak 30/yr
1880190019201940196019802000

Lige 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
2006 — 6 6 #10,683
2004 — 5 5 #11,368
2002 — 5 5 #10,690
1986 — 6 6 #5,943
1983 — 5 5 #6,269
1982 — 5 5 #6,410
1981 — 5 5 #6,291
1975 — 5 5 #5,491
1974 — 6 6 #4,651
1971 — 10 10 #3,161
1969 — 5 5 #4,421
1965 — 6 6 #3,548
1964 — 6 6 #3,622
1963 — 9 9 #2,871
1962 — 7 7 #3,319
1960 — 7 7 #3,353
1959 — 9 9 #2,832
1958 — 6 6 #3,584
1957 — 5 5 #4,025
1956 — 7 7 #3,238
1955 — 5 5 #3,914
1954 — 7 7 #3,196
1953 — 10 10 #2,542
1952 — 13 13 #2,161
1951 — 8 8 #2,860
1950 — 12 12 #2,215
1949 — 14 14 #2,027
1948 — 21 21 #1,613
1947 — 15 15 #1,990
1946 — 8 8 #2,696
1945 — 9 9 #2,405
1944 — 11 11 #2,204
1943 — 6 6 #3,248
1942 — 8 8 #2,726
1941 — 6 6 #3,158
1940 — 9 9 #2,499
1939 — 19 19 #1,535
1938 — 6 6 #3,200
1937 — 17 17 #1,694
1936 — 12 12 #2,078
1935 — 9 9 #2,547
1934 — 14 14 #1,942
1933 — 12 12 #2,108
1932 — 15 15 #1,931
1931 — 14 14 #2,011
1930 — 12 12 #2,307
1929 — 12 12 #2,329
1928 — 13 13 #2,287
1927 — 25 25 #1,520
1926 — 13 13 #2,316
1925 — 16 16 #2,015
1924 — 19 19 #1,844
1923 — 22 22 #1,647
1922 — 27 27 #1,438
1921 — 17 17 #1,987
1920 — 24 24 #1,551
1919 — 26 26 #1,413
1918 — 30 30 #1,286
1917 — 20 20 #1,645
1916 — 21 21 #1,553
1915 — 30 30 #1,186
1914 — 21 21 #1,305
1913 — 20 20 #1,146
1912 — 23 23 #940
1911 — 12 12 #988
1910 — 12 12 #936
1909 — 13 13 #813
1908 — 15 15 #690
1907 — 13 13 #747
1906 — 12 12 #724
1905 — 7 7 #1,016
1904 — 15 15 #593
1903 — 8 8 #858
1902 — 9 9 #808
1901 — 9 9 #737
1900 — 25 25 #461
1899 — 9 9 #729
1898 — 16 16 #528
1897 — 12 12 #628
1896 — 20 20 #447
1895 — 18 18 #487
1894 — 15 15 #531
1893 — 16 16 #471
1892 — 16 16 #506
1891 — 18 18 #421
1890 — 19 19 #419
1889 — 17 17 #455
1888 — 24 24 #385
1887 — 9 9 #639
1886 — 13 13 #521
1885 — 16 16 #470
1884 — 13 13 #526
1883 — 21 21 #377
1882 — 22 22 #386
1881 — 25 25 #330
1880 — 15 15 #476