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.

Marsalis

#10,332 most common boys' name of all time · #26,182 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1986–2015

Rank among boys
#10,332
Rank overall
#26,182 of 105,966
First appeared
1986
Years on the list
21 of 146
All-time
262
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1989 #3,092
Best rank
#3,092 1989
Girls Boys peak 20/yr
2000

Marsalis first appears in 1986. 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 7 7 #9,976
2007 5 5 #13,049
2006 10 10 #7,721
2005 5 5 #12,178
2003 7 7 #9,071
2002 8 8 #8,060
2000 7 7 #8,671
1999 11 11 #5,906
1998 17 17 #4,167
1997 12 12 #5,185
1996 20 20 #3,528
1995 15 15 #4,243
1994 15 15 #4,256
1993 17 17 #3,800
1992 20 20 #3,324
1991 16 16 #3,794
1990 12 12 #4,643
1989 20 20 #3,092
1988 13 13 #3,912
1987 12 12 #3,954
1986 13 13 #3,652