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.

Lucky*

#1,950 most common boys' name of all time · #4,703 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1912–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,950
Rank overall
#4,703 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
4,226
Since 2016
772
Peak year
2025 #1,575
Best rank
#941 1945
Girls Boys peak 142/yr
192019401960198020002020

Lucky first appears in 1912. 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 34 108 142 #1,575
2024 25 87 112 #1,857
2023 16 46 62 #2,775
2022 15 58 73 #2,416
2021 14 70 84 #2,087
2020 15 44 59 #2,764
2019 17 47 64 #2,699
2018 12 44 56 #2,752
2017 12 44 56 #2,761
2016 8 56 64 #2,344
2015 44 44 #2,728
2014 11 54 65 #2,372
2013 15 33 48 #3,272
2012 10 37 47 #3,064
2011 13 42 55 #2,804
2010 10 59 69 #2,216
2009 9 53 62 #2,407
2008 8 57 65 #2,304
2007 10 63 73 #2,147
2006 10 70 80 #1,921
2005 5 68 73 #1,876
2004 10 65 75 #1,887
2003 13 42 55 #2,475
2002 7 55 62 #2,003
2001 8 42 50 #2,356
2000 5 47 52 #2,143
1999 7 47 54 #2,033
1998 6 45 51 #2,074
1997 7 46 53 #1,968
1996 8 52 60 #1,768
1995 11 40 51 #2,066
1994 13 43 56 #1,942
1993 16 22 38 #3,065
1992 6 23 29 #2,935
1991 17 42 59 #1,876
1990 16 25 41 #2,643
1989 23 23 #2,713
1988 5 29 34 #2,166
1987 16 16 #3,104
1986 6 20 26 #2,621
1985 23 23 #2,313
1984 23 23 #2,257
1983 10 18 28 #2,610
1982 7 24 31 #2,178
1981 29 29 #1,913
1980 27 27 #2,027
1979 5 25 30 #2,072
1978 15 15 #2,845
1977 28 28 #1,839
1976 26 26 #1,895
1975 32 32 #1,613
1974 15 15 #2,593
1973 28 28 #1,667
1972 29 29 #1,625
1971 26 26 #1,756
1970 19 19 #2,079
1969 16 16 #2,165
1968 8 27 35 #1,528
1967 34 34 #1,301
1966 30 30 #1,415
1965 34 34 #1,326
1964 34 34 #1,364
1963 5 30 35 #1,443
1962 36 36 #1,303
1961 29 29 #1,510
1960 50 50 #1,109
1959 18 18 #1,950
1958 33 33 #1,363
1957 5 26 31 #1,573
1956 6 43 49 #1,167
1955 5 35 40 #1,286
1954 45 45 #1,118
1953 7 47 54 #1,067
1952 8 38 46 #1,208
1951 5 31 36 #1,342
1950 5 39 44 #1,161
1949 7 40 47 #1,126
1948 34 34 #1,251
1947 8 50 58 #1,027
1946 11 34 45 #1,213
1945 7 48 55 #941
1944 7 39 46 #1,068
1943 13 36 49 #1,154
1942 8 15 23 #1,924
1941 23 23 #1,441
1940 5 24 29 #1,394
1939 13 13 #2,024
1938 20 20 #1,552
1937 11 11 #2,279
1936 7 7 #2,998
1935 7 7 #3,102
1934 11 11 #2,353
1932 9 9 #2,760
1931 17 17 #1,826
1930 19 19 #1,742
1929 10 10 #2,702
1928 22 22 #1,642
1927 6 26 32 #1,512
1926 6 20 26 #1,779
1925 7 15 22 #2,170
1924 15 15 #2,210
1923 16 16 #2,102
1922 6 13 19 #2,454
1921 5 16 21 #2,132
1920 7 7 #3,610
1919 7 7 #3,527
1917 7 7 #3,332
1916 11 11 #2,496
1914 6 6 #3,077
1912 6 6 #2,507