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.

Minus

#19,942 most common boys' name of all time · #52,443 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–1950

Rank among boys
#19,942
Rank overall
#52,443 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
8 of 146
All-time
48
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1947 #3,034
Best rank
#3,034 1947
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
19201940

Minus 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
1950 — 5 5 #3,948
1947 — 8 8 #3,034
1926 — 6 6 #4,029
1925 — 5 5 #4,567
1923 — 5 5 #4,609
1921 — 7 7 #3,780
1919 — 7 7 #3,665
1915 — 5 5 #4,305