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.

Lyndell**

#2,554 most common boys' name of all time · #6,162 across all names · 70% male / 30% female · used 1907–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#2,554
Rank overall
#6,162 of 105,966
First appeared
1907
Years on the list
112 of 146
All-time
2,793
Since 2016
75
Peak year
1942 #1,082
Best rank
#1,082 1942
Girls Boys peak 61/yr
192019401960198020002020

Lyndell first appears in 1907. 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 — 5 5 #12,077
2024 — 9 9 #8,359
2023 — 6 6 #10,894
2022 — 6 6 #10,938
2021 — 9 9 #8,213
2020 — 9 9 #8,115
2019 — 6 6 #10,867
2018 — 12 12 #6,733
2017 — 6 6 #10,863
2016 — 7 7 #9,728
2015 — 9 9 #8,094
2014 — 13 13 #6,335
2013 — 7 7 #9,730
2011 — 10 10 #7,547
2010 — 5 5 #12,322
2009 — 7 7 #9,918
2008 — 11 11 #7,222
2007 — 12 12 #6,657
2006 — 15 15 #5,534
2005 — 12 12 #6,253
2004 — 6 6 #10,019
2003 — 12 12 #5,906
2002 — 5 5 #10,776
2001 — 5 5 #10,644
2000 — 11 11 #5,962
1999 — 8 8 #7,198
1998 — 12 12 #5,195
1997 — 9 9 #6,156
1996 — 11 11 #5,229
1995 — 12 12 #4,835
1994 — 11 11 #5,148
1993 — 16 16 #3,846
1992 — 17 17 #3,633
1991 — 21 21 #3,010
1990 — 17 17 #3,492
1989 6 20 26 #3,009
1988 6 10 16 #4,499
1987 — 14 14 #3,375
1986 — 15 15 #3,161
1985 — 22 22 #2,378
1984 — 15 15 #2,990
1983 — 10 10 #3,920
1982 5 14 19 #3,154
1981 8 18 26 #2,599
1980 5 10 15 #3,893
1979 — 15 15 #2,924
1978 7 14 21 #2,961
1977 5 13 18 #3,080
1976 5 27 32 #1,842
1975 — 14 14 #2,789
1974 10 27 37 #1,757
1973 8 24 32 #1,838
1972 13 15 28 #2,463
1971 15 28 43 #1,684
1970 9 24 33 #1,824
1969 — 26 26 #1,624
1968 9 29 38 #1,469
1967 6 33 39 #1,328
1966 18 30 48 #1,412
1965 9 31 40 #1,395
1964 14 38 52 #1,276
1963 11 34 45 #1,349
1962 13 20 33 #1,827
1961 11 37 48 #1,316
1960 11 37 48 #1,307
1959 11 30 41 #1,456
1958 8 27 35 #1,525
1957 8 37 45 #1,291
1956 19 21 40 #1,747
1955 14 30 44 #1,411
1954 16 23 39 #1,617
1953 16 37 53 #1,240
1952 21 25 46 #1,535
1951 24 36 60 #1,232
1950 22 33 55 #1,268
1949 26 25 51 #1,486
1948 25 25 50 #1,475
1947 22 26 48 #1,474
1946 22 22 44 #1,545
1945 10 24 34 #1,368
1944 27 20 47 #1,557
1943 22 29 51 #1,301
1942 21 40 61 #1,082
1941 13 20 33 #1,573
1940 11 32 43 #1,201
1939 7 25 32 #1,350
1938 12 22 34 #1,468
1937 9 23 32 #1,435
1936 12 21 33 #1,492
1935 8 17 25 #1,743
1934 10 18 28 #1,703
1933 11 17 28 #1,751
1932 9 25 34 #1,416
1931 12 34 46 #1,188
1930 — 18 18 #1,795
1929 5 16 21 #1,978
1928 8 10 18 #2,725
1927 8 22 30 #1,674
1926 18 10 28 #2,795
1925 9 15 24 #2,147
1924 10 9 19 #3,092
1923 15 12 27 #2,515
1922 13 8 21 #3,326
1921 10 15 25 #2,212
1920 13 13 26 #2,396
1919 9 6 15 #3,827
1918 13 8 21 #3,180
1917 6 11 17 #2,488
1916 10 8 18 #3,010
1915 12 7 19 #3,174
1914 11 — 11 —
1907 6 — 6 —