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.

Loran*

#1,860 most common boys' name of all time · #4,489 across all names · 82% male / 18% female · used 1880–2023 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,860
Rank overall
#4,489 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
4,531
Since 2016
37
Peak year
1943 #725
Best rank
#644 1902
Girls Boys peak 79/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Loran 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
2023 — 5 5 #12,278
2021 — 6 6 #10,832
2019 — 5 5 #12,173
2018 6 5 11 #12,193
2017 — 10 10 #7,562
2015 7 5 12 #12,117
2012 7 — 7 —
2011 5 8 13 #8,789
2010 7 6 13 #10,796
2009 8 — 8 —
2008 9 7 16 #9,901
2007 10 5 15 #12,399
2006 16 10 26 #7,448
2005 13 7 20 #9,138
2004 15 9 24 #7,564
2003 16 6 22 #9,614
2002 20 5 25 #10,704
2001 27 5 32 #10,581
2000 25 9 34 #6,865
1999 16 7 23 #7,904
1998 29 7 36 #7,591
1997 21 7 28 #7,301
1996 11 11 22 #5,204
1995 19 11 30 #5,144
1994 25 8 33 #6,394
1993 31 10 41 #5,377
1992 29 18 47 #3,468
1991 33 10 43 #5,118
1990 29 14 43 #3,984
1989 42 9 51 #5,189
1988 24 17 41 #3,096
1987 22 16 38 #3,086
1986 21 20 41 #2,608
1985 17 19 36 #2,607
1984 16 19 35 #2,541
1983 14 16 30 #2,801
1982 5 16 21 #2,845
1981 11 10 21 #3,875
1980 11 29 40 #1,918
1979 5 21 26 #2,314
1978 — 14 14 #2,943
1977 5 19 24 #2,370
1976 5 20 25 #2,258
1975 10 12 22 #3,093
1974 7 22 29 #1,993
1973 6 24 30 #1,827
1972 8 23 31 #1,881
1971 — 28 28 #1,676
1970 12 26 38 #1,710
1969 6 34 40 #1,381
1968 5 31 36 #1,399
1967 8 37 45 #1,238
1966 6 32 38 #1,349
1965 7 51 58 #1,033
1964 8 38 46 #1,269
1963 10 37 47 #1,283
1962 14 36 50 #1,299
1961 14 64 78 #958
1960 14 43 57 #1,196
1959 7 47 54 #1,131
1958 9 42 51 #1,191
1957 — 50 50 #1,080
1956 5 44 49 #1,141
1955 7 45 52 #1,106
1954 6 43 49 #1,143
1953 — 41 41 #1,162
1952 6 45 51 #1,085
1951 5 50 55 #997
1950 5 46 51 #1,045
1949 — 50 50 #990
1948 — 55 55 #936
1947 — 63 63 #883
1946 — 48 48 #971
1945 — 46 46 #957
1944 — 53 53 #876
1943 — 79 79 #725
1942 — 63 63 #814
1941 — 52 52 #882
1940 — 44 44 #975
1939 — 47 47 #910
1938 — 36 36 #1,083
1937 — 62 62 #784
1936 — 65 65 #749
1935 — 40 40 #1,015
1934 — 59 59 #817
1933 — 53 53 #855
1932 — 64 64 #796
1931 — 47 47 #968
1930 — 66 66 #798
1929 — 71 71 #757
1928 — 52 52 #943
1927 — 54 54 #944
1926 — 61 61 #850
1925 — 63 63 #840
1924 — 53 53 #967
1923 — 64 64 #850
1922 — 67 67 #836
1921 — 62 62 #886
1920 — 62 62 #870
1919 — 62 62 #834
1918 — 61 61 #847
1917 — 64 64 #789
1916 — 46 46 #941
1915 — 67 67 #731
1914 — 39 39 #876
1913 — 25 25 #1,010
1912 — 29 29 #826
1911 — 12 12 #1,006
1910 — 13 13 #895
1909 — 8 8 #1,110
1908 — 8 8 #1,061
1907 — 13 13 #759
1905 — 7 7 #1,034
1904 — 6 6 #1,116
1903 — 7 7 #963
1902 — 13 13 #644
1901 — 8 8 #817
1900 — 10 10 #870
1899 — 6 6 #994
1898 — 8 8 #848
1897 — 5 5 #1,124
1895 — 7 7 #923
1894 — 9 9 #772
1891 — 5 5 #1,029
1889 — 5 5 #1,031
1884 — 8 8 #744
1882 — 5 5 #1,003
1880 — 5 5 #1,008