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.

Nelton

#16,962 most common boys' name of all time · #44,298 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1919–1967

Rank among boys
#16,962
Rank overall
#44,298 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
79
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1941 #3,099
Best rank
#3,099 1941
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
192019401960

Nelton first appears in 1919. 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
1967 — 5 5 #4,249
1951 — 5 5 #4,074
1949 — 6 6 #3,591
1948 — 6 6 #3,575
1941 — 7 7 #3,099
1939 — 6 6 #3,424
1935 — 6 6 #3,591
1932 — 6 6 #3,713
1928 — 5 5 #4,600
1927 — 6 6 #4,137
1925 — 5 5 #4,701
1923 — 5 5 #4,754
1921 — 6 6 #4,238
1919 — 5 5 #4,756