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.

Marque*

#4,353 most common boys' name of all time · #10,683 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1951–2023 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#4,353
Rank overall
#10,683 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
1,175
Since 2016
47
Peak year
1988 #1,629
Best rank
#1,629 1988
Girls Boys peak 53/yr
1960198020002020

Marque first appears in 1951. 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
2023 — 5 5 #12,533
2022 — 8 8 #9,137
2020 — 6 6 #10,838
2019 — 6 6 #11,002
2018 — 8 8 #8,942
2017 — 6 6 #11,035
2016 — 8 8 #8,955
2015 — 11 11 #7,152
2014 — 14 14 #6,061
2013 — 8 8 #8,955
2012 — 7 7 #9,878
2011 — 8 8 #8,935
2010 — 9 9 #8,273
2009 — 16 16 #5,601
2008 — 15 15 #5,839
2007 — 16 16 #5,499
2006 — 13 13 #6,175
2005 — 12 12 #6,317
2004 — 18 18 #4,661
2003 — 15 15 #5,091
2002 — 23 23 #3,706
2001 — 25 25 #3,442
2000 — 23 23 #3,571
1999 6 22 28 #3,512
1998 — 25 25 #3,126
1997 5 24 29 #3,096
1996 — 24 24 #3,052
1995 5 19 24 #3,485
1994 9 27 36 #2,725
1993 8 25 33 #2,816
1992 9 34 43 #2,238
1991 13 37 50 #2,038
1990 11 26 37 #2,591
1989 9 23 32 #2,729
1988 9 44 53 #1,629
1987 9 23 32 #2,435
1986 7 27 34 #2,139
1985 11 28 39 #2,048
1984 7 36 43 #1,648
1983 — 27 27 #1,993
1982 — 27 27 #2,031
1981 — 15 15 #2,977
1980 5 25 30 #2,142
1979 — 12 12 #3,469
1978 — 18 18 #2,529
1977 — 27 27 #1,888
1976 5 17 22 #2,559
1975 — 17 17 #2,516
1974 — 12 12 #3,054
1973 — 10 10 #3,381
1972 — 8 8 #3,824
1971 6 8 14 #3,855
1970 — 13 13 #2,706
1969 — 7 7 #3,833
1968 — 9 9 #3,054
1967 — 7 7 #3,477
1966 — 9 9 #2,948
1965 — 8 8 #3,204
1962 — 8 8 #3,269
1961 6 6 12 #3,981
1959 — 6 6 #3,931
1956 — 10 10 #2,786
1951 — 5 5 #4,231