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.

Mister

#5,725 most common boys' name of all time · #14,271 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among boys
#5,725
Rank overall
#14,271 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
746
Since 2016
176
Peak year
2015 #3,924
Best rank
#2,665 1974
Girls Boys peak 27/yr
198020002020

Mister first appears in 1971. 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 — 15 15 #5,956
2024 — 15 15 #5,978
2023 — 14 14 #6,312
2022 — 16 16 #5,697
2021 — 10 10 #7,738
2020 — 25 25 #4,063
2019 — 25 25 #4,157
2018 — 20 20 #4,810
2017 — 18 18 #5,169
2016 — 18 18 #5,188
2015 — 27 27 #3,924
2014 — 21 21 #4,605
2013 — 19 19 #4,874
2012 — 12 12 #6,747
2011 — 18 18 #5,072
2010 — 18 18 #5,117
2009 — 14 14 #6,200
2008 — 14 14 #6,162
2007 — 13 13 #6,388
2006 — 12 12 #6,607
2005 — 15 15 #5,388
2004 — 9 9 #7,724
2003 — 8 8 #8,098
2002 — 19 19 #4,249
2001 — 13 13 #5,498
2000 — 19 19 #4,135
1999 — 10 10 #6,233
1998 — 16 16 #4,298
1997 — 9 9 #6,304
1996 — 17 17 #3,935
1995 — 15 15 #4,165
1994 — 10 10 #5,648
1993 — 21 21 #3,204
1992 — 10 10 #5,444
1991 — 19 19 #3,289
1990 — 17 17 #3,557
1989 — 13 13 #4,182
1988 — 13 13 #3,852
1987 — 5 5 #7,492
1986 — 12 12 #3,804
1985 — 8 8 #4,981
1984 — 6 6 #6,006
1983 — 8 8 #4,757
1982 — 7 7 #5,377
1981 — 13 13 #3,362
1980 — 13 13 #3,384
1978 — 10 10 #3,792
1977 — 9 9 #4,073
1976 — 13 13 #3,074
1975 — 10 10 #3,632
1974 — 15 15 #2,665
1973 — 8 8 #4,015
1972 — 5 5 #5,566
1971 — 7 7 #4,361