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.

Mendel

#2,466 most common boys' name of all time · #5,951 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#2,466
Rank overall
#5,951 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
2,942
Since 2016
813
Peak year
2024 #1,545
Best rank
#1,525 1956
Girls Boys peak 114/yr
192019401960198020002020

Mendel first appears in 1912. 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 — 86 86 #1,842
2024 — 114 114 #1,545
2023 — 104 104 #1,655
2022 — 68 68 #2,156
2021 — 92 92 #1,755
2020 — 85 85 #1,783
2019 — 77 77 #1,922
2018 — 57 57 #2,330
2017 — 70 70 #2,019
2016 — 60 60 #2,234
2015 — 79 79 #1,856
2014 — 73 73 #1,965
2013 — 62 62 #2,147
2012 — 74 74 #1,929
2011 — 54 54 #2,351
2010 — 69 69 #1,990
2009 — 72 72 #1,960
2008 — 53 53 #2,412
2007 — 55 55 #2,347
2006 — 55 55 #2,288
2005 — 44 44 #2,536
2004 — 44 44 #2,498
2003 — 34 34 #2,859
2002 — 49 49 #2,163
2001 — 37 37 #2,569
2000 — 35 35 #2,633
1999 — 40 40 #2,270
1998 — 33 33 #2,559
1997 — 28 28 #2,767
1996 — 45 45 #1,966
1995 — 28 28 #2,644
1994 — 25 25 #2,868
1993 — 21 21 #3,165
1992 — 20 20 #3,245
1991 — 19 19 #3,248
1990 — 26 26 #2,572
1989 — 25 25 #2,564
1988 — 12 12 #3,947
1987 — 22 22 #2,495
1986 — 15 15 #3,163
1985 — 14 14 #3,262
1984 — 19 19 #2,555
1983 — 15 15 #2,957
1982 — 11 11 #3,763
1981 — 13 13 #3,267
1980 — 16 16 #2,869
1979 — 18 18 #2,593
1978 — 18 18 #2,503
1977 — 19 19 #2,387
1976 — 23 23 #2,075
1975 — 23 23 #2,022
1974 — 15 15 #2,592
1973 — 16 16 #2,444
1972 — 13 13 #2,708
1971 — 18 18 #2,234
1970 — 13 13 #2,667
1969 — 14 14 #2,344
1968 — 11 11 #2,641
1967 — 10 10 #2,665
1966 — 6 6 #3,660
1965 — 9 9 #2,865
1964 — 6 6 #3,739
1963 — 6 6 #3,781
1962 — 6 6 #3,762
1961 — 17 17 #2,036
1960 — 18 18 #1,947
1959 — 23 23 #1,691
1958 — 25 25 #1,578
1957 — 26 26 #1,572
1956 — 27 27 #1,525
1955 — 20 20 #1,765
1954 — 24 24 #1,580
1953 — 10 10 #2,616
1952 — 20 20 #1,735
1951 — 13 13 #2,200
1950 — 13 13 #2,174
1949 — 11 11 #2,412
1948 — 11 11 #2,396
1947 — 8 8 #2,980
1945 — 5 5 #3,519
1944 — 9 9 #2,570
1943 — 13 13 #2,140
1941 — 5 5 #3,691
1939 — 8 8 #2,725
1938 — 6 6 #3,338
1937 — 6 6 #3,321
1936 — 5 5 #3,730
1935 — 7 7 #3,095
1934 — 8 8 #2,872
1933 — 10 10 #2,475
1932 — 6 6 #3,521
1931 — 9 9 #2,777
1930 — 6 6 #3,740
1929 — 10 10 #2,694
1928 — 9 9 #2,966
1926 — 8 8 #3,231
1925 — 13 13 #2,398
1924 — 13 13 #2,432
1923 — 12 12 #2,543
1922 — 14 14 #2,315
1921 — 5 5 #4,458
1920 — 9 9 #3,065
1919 — 11 11 #2,603
1918 — 10 10 #2,806
1917 — 13 13 #2,254
1916 — 10 10 #2,657
1915 — 16 16 #1,864
1914 — 13 13 #1,855
1913 — 7 7 #2,429
1912 — 7 7 #2,241