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.

Lot

#18,389 most common boys' name of all time · #48,204 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1884–2015

Rank among boys
#18,389
Rank overall
#48,204 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
11 of 146
All-time
62
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #3,254
Best rank
#1,104 1884
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
190019201940196019802000

Lot first appears in 1884. 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
2015 — 5 5 #12,131
2002 — 5 5 #10,721
1998 — 5 5 #9,676
1940 — 5 5 #3,519
1939 — 5 5 #3,557
1927 — 6 6 #3,832
1923 — 5 5 #4,301
1921 — 8 8 #3,254
1918 — 8 8 #3,144
1888 — 5 5 #1,132
1884 — 5 5 #1,104