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.

Little*

#3,352 most common boys' name of all time · #8,165 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1883–2017 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#3,352
Rank overall
#8,165 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
101 of 146
All-time
1,791
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1975 #1,604
Best rank
#883 1896
Girls Boys peak 41/yr
190019201940196019802000

Little first appears in 1883. 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
2017 5 5 #12,293
2015 5 5 #12,127
2004 8 8 #8,178
2000 6 6 #9,164
1998 7 7 #7,604
1997 8 8 #6,647
1996 13 13 #4,633
1995 15 15 #4,070
1994 5 10 15 #5,480
1993 8 8 #6,256
1992 15 15 #3,931
1991 8 8 #5,973
1990 5 11 16 #4,690
1989 5 17 22 #3,342
1988 8 8 #5,243
1986 14 14 #3,285
1985 13 13 #3,419
1984 15 15 #2,975
1983 6 15 21 #2,933
1982 22 22 #2,290
1981 7 18 25 #2,588
1980 10 23 33 #2,234
1979 5 22 27 #2,245
1978 17 17 #2,582
1977 6 25 31 #1,963
1976 23 23 #2,065
1975 9 32 41 #1,604
1974 8 29 37 #1,667
1973 6 28 34 #1,661
1972 5 26 31 #1,733
1971 8 29 37 #1,645
1970 17 17 #2,228
1969 20 20 #1,872
1968 29 29 #1,462
1967 20 20 #1,774
1966 16 16 #1,984
1965 5 27 32 #1,496
1964 14 14 #2,227
1963 5 20 25 #1,802
1962 5 21 26 #1,773
1961 6 25 31 #1,610
1960 8 18 26 #1,923
1959 8 28 36 #1,508
1958 12 12 #2,404
1957 21 21 #1,765
1956 6 15 21 #2,114
1955 14 14 #2,164
1954 5 16 21 #1,977
1953 21 21 #1,688
1952 6 16 22 #1,955
1951 16 16 #1,925
1950 5 8 13 #2,817
1949 15 15 #1,966
1948 19 19 #1,721
1947 7 21 28 #1,671
1946 18 18 #1,718
1945 13 13 #1,956
1944 10 10 #2,344
1943 18 18 #1,725
1942 6 19 25 #1,643
1941 13 13 #2,023
1940 6 15 21 #1,823
1939 11 11 #2,191
1938 5 10 15 #2,358
1937 20 20 #1,551
1936 16 16 #1,750
1935 13 13 #2,057
1934 6 12 18 #2,156
1933 5 16 21 #1,791
1932 7 7 #3,137
1931 18 18 #1,719
1930 17 17 #1,835
1929 8 17 25 #1,870
1928 6 18 24 #1,850
1927 5 22 27 #1,657
1926 16 16 #2,008
1925 5 21 26 #1,701
1924 21 21 #1,744
1923 5 17 22 #1,963
1922 23 23 #1,612
1921 22 22 #1,667
1920 5 22 27 #1,655
1919 22 22 #1,591
1918 5 17 22 #1,933
1917 22 22 #1,548
1916 14 14 #2,069
1915 11 11 #2,351
1914 10 10 #2,147
1913 10 10 #1,848
1912 13 13 #1,380
1910 5 5 #1,662
1909 10 10 #990
1907 5 5 #1,423
1905 5 5 #1,320
1901 5 5 #1,154
1898 5 5 #1,217
1896 8 8 #883
1892 7 7 #945
1889 5 5 #1,073
1884 5 5 #1,073
1883 5 5 #1,015