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.

Myer

#4,483 most common boys' name of all time · #11,005 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1893–2025

Rank among boys
#4,483
Rank overall
#11,005 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
1,119
Since 2016
269
Peak year
1918 #971
Best rank
#782 1912
Girls Boys peak 48/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Myer first appears in 1893. 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 8 26 34 #4,056
2024 5 31 36 #3,612
2023 9 27 36 #4,007
2022 — 21 21 #4,710
2021 — 14 14 #6,054
2020 8 23 31 #4,288
2019 5 26 31 #4,014
2018 — 14 14 #6,052
2017 — 25 25 #4,116
2016 6 21 27 #4,634
2015 — 28 28 #3,783
2014 — 19 19 #4,888
2013 5 23 28 #4,192
2012 — 18 18 #5,048
2011 — 19 19 #4,827
2010 — 16 16 #5,496
2009 — 17 17 #5,348
2008 — 11 11 #7,217
2007 — 10 10 #7,616
2006 — 13 13 #6,116
2005 — 11 11 #6,663
2004 — 5 5 #11,419
2002 — 6 6 #9,443
1998 — 5 5 #9,700
1993 — 5 5 #8,783
1979 — 5 5 #6,160
1954 — 6 6 #3,523
1953 — 7 7 #3,218
1950 — 5 5 #3,778
1949 — 7 7 #3,078
1947 — 5 5 #3,820
1941 — 5 5 #3,605
1940 — 6 6 #3,220
1939 — 5 5 #3,580
1937 — 8 8 #2,746
1935 — 7 7 #3,019
1933 — 5 5 #3,730
1931 — 6 6 #3,464
1930 — 10 10 #2,661
1929 — 9 9 #2,835
1928 — 16 16 #1,998
1927 — 16 16 #2,076
1926 — 13 13 #2,361
1925 — 15 15 #2,131
1924 — 18 18 #1,930
1923 — 21 21 #1,726
1922 — 15 15 #2,182
1921 — 20 20 #1,797
1920 — 23 23 #1,616
1919 — 29 29 #1,338
1918 — 48 48 #971
1917 — 45 45 #977
1916 — 33 33 #1,151
1915 — 46 46 #923
1914 — 39 39 #881
1913 — 34 34 #832
1912 — 32 32 #782
1911 — 17 17 #822
1910 — 8 8 #1,289
1909 — 10 10 #1,009
1908 — 6 6 #1,324
1907 — 9 9 #990
1906 — 5 5 #1,368
1905 — 7 7 #1,079
1904 — 5 5 #1,350
1898 — 7 7 #994
1893 — 6 6 #1,030