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.

Nam

#3,920 most common boys' name of all time · #9,544 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1975–2025

Rank among boys
#3,920
Rank overall
#9,544 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
1,404
Since 2016
144
Peak year
1984 #1,213
Best rank
#1,213 1984
Girls Boys peak 58/yr
198020002020

Nam 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 — 8 8 #9,119
2024 — 9 9 #8,507
2023 — 8 8 #9,146
2022 — 5 5 #12,753
2021 — 12 12 #6,822
2020 — 14 14 #6,102
2019 — 18 18 #5,214
2018 — 18 18 #5,180
2017 — 26 26 #4,040
2016 — 26 26 #4,045
2015 — 29 29 #3,723
2014 — 17 17 #5,343
2013 — 22 22 #4,368
2012 — 28 28 #3,765
2011 — 27 27 #3,837
2010 — 23 23 #4,287
2009 — 28 28 #3,782
2008 — 16 16 #5,597
2007 — 37 37 #3,117
2006 — 19 19 #4,754
2005 — 26 26 #3,665
2004 — 32 32 #3,120
2003 — 21 21 #4,047
2002 — 25 25 #3,500
2001 — 22 22 #3,802
2000 — 24 24 #3,489
1999 — 23 23 #3,437
1998 — 29 29 #2,829
1997 — 22 22 #3,320
1996 — 31 31 #2,520
1995 — 35 35 #2,285
1994 — 34 34 #2,339
1993 — 45 45 #1,869
1992 — 29 29 #2,520
1991 — 41 41 #1,914
1990 — 36 36 #2,081
1989 — 43 43 #1,789
1988 — 40 40 #1,766
1987 — 38 38 #1,756
1986 — 35 35 #1,788
1985 — 46 46 #1,483
1984 — 58 58 #1,213
1983 — 56 56 #1,238
1982 — 49 49 #1,360
1981 — 53 53 #1,269
1980 — 40 40 #1,545
1979 — 20 20 #2,460
1978 — 17 17 #2,666
1977 — 13 13 #3,201
1976 — 17 17 #2,598
1975 — 14 14 #2,901