Lord
#6,082 most common boys' name of all time · #15,141 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · 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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |