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.

Markee*

#5,360 most common boys' name of all time · #13,331 across all names · 87% male / 13% female · used 1970–2022 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#5,360
Rank overall
#13,331 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
834
Since 2016
42
Peak year
1991 #2,521
Best rank
#2,391 1983
Girls Boys peak 42/yr
198020002020

Markee first appears in 1970. 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
2022 — 5 5 #12,696
2021 — 7 7 #9,950
2019 — 8 8 #9,111
2018 — 8 8 #8,996
2017 — 9 9 #8,320
2016 — 5 5 #12,580
2015 — 7 7 #9,820
2014 — 7 7 #9,892
2013 — 8 8 #9,013
2012 — 15 15 #5,807
2011 — 16 16 #5,504
2010 — 14 14 #6,124
2009 — 8 8 #9,212
2008 — 17 17 #5,318
2007 — 17 17 #5,284
2006 — 17 17 #5,168
2005 — 10 10 #7,265
2004 — 14 14 #5,622
2003 — 6 6 #9,911
2002 — 14 14 #5,233
2001 — 16 16 #4,759
2000 — 17 17 #4,470
1999 — 15 15 #4,618
1998 — 13 13 #4,989
1997 — 15 15 #4,347
1996 11 30 41 #2,566
1995 8 18 26 #3,628
1994 — 11 11 #5,260
1993 14 23 37 #3,000
1992 6 23 29 #2,968
1991 14 28 42 #2,521
1990 8 26 34 #2,605
1989 16 18 34 #3,295
1988 10 25 35 #2,429
1987 7 18 25 #2,915
1986 6 19 25 #2,759
1985 — 14 14 #3,354
1984 5 14 19 #3,235
1983 5 21 26 #2,391
1982 — 18 18 #2,688
1981 — 17 17 #2,761
1980 — 13 13 #3,382
1979 — 12 12 #3,522
1978 — 5 5 #6,332
1977 — 13 13 #3,177
1976 — 17 17 #2,590
1975 — 14 14 #2,880
1974 — 14 14 #2,787
1973 — 5 5 #5,640
1972 — 8 8 #3,921
1971 — 7 7 #4,332
1970 — 5 5 #5,377