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.

Lord

#6,082 most common boys' name of all time · #15,141 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among boys
#6,082
Rank overall
#15,141 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
678
Since 2016
182
Peak year
2021 #3,761
Best rank
#2,950 1934
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
192019401960198020002020

Lord first appears in 1917. 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
2025 — 10 10 #7,751
2024 — 14 14 #6,240
2023 — 24 24 #4,359
2022 — 14 14 #6,191
2021 — 29 29 #3,761
2020 — 21 21 #4,562
2019 — 18 18 #5,181
2018 — 18 18 #5,139
2017 — 13 13 #6,382
2016 — 21 21 #4,650
2015 — 20 20 #4,747
2014 — 9 9 #8,212
2013 — 8 8 #8,916
2012 — 14 14 #6,035
2010 — 9 9 #8,230
2009 — 7 7 #9,973
2007 — 11 11 #7,173
2006 — 9 9 #8,081
2005 — 10 10 #7,189
2004 — 18 18 #4,634
2003 — 8 8 #7,958
2002 — 10 10 #6,603
2001 — 16 16 #4,708
2000 — 12 12 #5,654
1999 — 8 8 #7,259
1998 — 11 11 #5,527
1997 — 13 13 #4,723
1996 — 13 13 #4,671
1995 — 10 10 #5,589
1994 — 6 6 #7,928
1993 — 6 6 #7,819
1992 — 12 12 #4,629
1991 — 7 7 #6,658
1990 — 13 13 #4,234
1989 — 6 6 #7,140
1987 — 10 10 #4,334
1986 — 12 12 #3,720
1985 — 12 12 #3,664
1983 — 9 9 #4,269
1982 — 7 7 #5,170
1981 — 5 5 #6,513
1980 — 10 10 #3,932
1979 — 11 11 #3,657
1977 — 7 7 #4,745
1976 — 8 8 #4,151
1975 — 11 11 #3,321
1974 — 9 9 #3,673
1972 — 6 6 #4,641
1971 — 10 10 #3,255
1970 — 7 7 #3,993
1968 — 5 5 #4,400
1963 — 7 7 #3,495
1959 — 6 6 #3,834
1958 — 8 8 #3,187
1954 — 7 7 #3,366
1950 — 6 6 #3,563
1949 — 6 6 #3,577
1947 — 5 5 #4,089
1940 — 7 7 #3,074
1939 — 5 5 #3,829
1934 — 8 8 #2,950
1928 — 5 5 #4,549
1926 — 6 6 #4,076
1925 — 5 5 #4,640
1922 — 5 5 #4,708
1917 — 5 5 #4,508