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.

Nadir

#4,108 most common boys' name of all time · #10,059 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1975–2025

Rank among boys
#4,108
Rank overall
#10,059 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
1,292
Since 2016
263
Peak year
2001 #2,235
Best rank
#2,085 1998
Girls Boys peak 46/yr
198020002020

Nadir first appears in 1975. 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 — 23 23 #4,454
2024 — 22 22 #4,628
2023 — 20 20 #4,954
2022 — 17 17 #5,514
2021 — 32 32 #3,537
2020 — 38 38 #3,051
2019 — 28 28 #3,833
2018 — 29 29 #3,745
2017 — 27 27 #3,927
2016 — 27 27 #3,930
2015 — 25 25 #4,122
2014 — 25 25 #4,058
2013 — 33 33 #3,294
2012 — 33 33 #3,330
2011 — 40 40 #2,925
2010 — 29 29 #3,666
2009 — 40 40 #2,977
2008 — 30 30 #3,604
2007 — 39 39 #3,001
2006 — 44 44 #2,677
2005 — 39 39 #2,780
2004 — 29 29 #3,338
2003 — 36 36 #2,758
2002 — 33 33 #2,854
2001 — 46 46 #2,235
2000 — 36 36 #2,606
1999 — 40 40 #2,289
1998 — 45 45 #2,085
1997 — 36 36 #2,339
1996 — 26 26 #2,883
1995 — 23 23 #3,074
1994 — 27 27 #2,752
1993 — 25 25 #2,844
1992 — 18 18 #3,562
1991 — 22 22 #2,963
1990 — 7 7 #6,818
1989 — 16 16 #3,588
1988 — 9 9 #5,065
1987 — 19 19 #2,825
1986 — 12 12 #3,834
1985 — 16 16 #3,060
1984 — 16 16 #2,940
1983 — 11 11 #3,844
1982 — 10 10 #4,191
1981 — 20 20 #2,492
1980 — 15 15 #3,090
1979 — 22 22 #2,305
1978 — 15 15 #2,923
1977 — 8 8 #4,547
1976 — 6 6 #5,479
1975 — 8 8 #4,297