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.

Merald

#21,171 most common boys' name of all time · #55,826 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–1975

Rank among boys
#21,171
Rank overall
#55,826 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
7 of 146
All-time
39
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1937 #3,099
Best rank
#3,099 1937
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
192019401960

Merald 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1975 — 5 5 #5,667
1939 — 5 5 #3,783
1937 — 7 7 #3,099
1923 — 5 5 #4,588
1920 — 5 5 #4,632
1916 — 6 6 #3,776
1915 — 6 6 #3,780