Master
#7,490 most common boys' name of all time · #18,863 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1915–2025
Rank among boys
#7,490
Rank overall
#18,863 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
476
Since 2016
140
Peak year
2018 #4,628
Best rank
#3,456 1985
Girls
Boys
peak 21/yr
Master first appears in 1915. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2024 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,991 |
| 2023 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,569 |
| 2022 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,662 |
| 2021 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,959 |
| 2020 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,487 |
| 2019 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,979 |
| 2018 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,628 |
| 2017 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,221 |
| 2016 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,202 |
| 2015 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,110 |
| 2014 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,687 |
| 2013 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,195 |
| 2012 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,751 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,849 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,803 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,961 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,781 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,907 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,223 |
| 2005 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,215 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,517 |
| 2003 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,651 |
| 2002 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,156 |
| 2001 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,643 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,254 |
| 1999 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,240 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,690 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,423 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,101 |
| 1995 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,105 |
| 1994 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,471 |
| 1993 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,848 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,943 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,838 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,320 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,753 |
| 1988 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,959 |
| 1985 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,456 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,119 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,149 |
| 1981 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,630 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,699 |
| 1979 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,646 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,309 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,207 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,032 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,081 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,516 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,545 |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,315 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,777 |