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.

Nelvin

#8,219 most common boys' name of all time · #20,721 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1919–2025

Rank among boys
#8,219
Rank overall
#20,721 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
404
Since 2016
74
Peak year
1930 #3,276
Best rank
#2,697 1927
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
192019401960198020002020

Nelvin 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
2025 — 7 7 #9,816
2024 — 7 7 #10,021
2023 — 10 10 #7,818
2022 — 10 10 #7,840
2021 — 8 8 #8,933
2020 — 9 9 #8,157
2019 — 9 9 #8,298
2018 — 7 7 #9,792
2017 — 7 7 #9,809
2013 — 5 5 #12,327
2012 — 5 5 #12,463
2011 — 6 6 #10,986
2010 — 8 8 #8,923
2009 — 6 6 #11,173
2007 — 9 9 #8,290
2005 — 10 10 #7,194
2004 — 9 9 #7,641
2003 — 6 6 #9,755
2002 — 6 6 #9,557
2001 — 6 6 #9,410
2000 — 8 8 #7,536
1999 — 9 9 #6,616
1998 — 8 8 #6,964
1992 — 9 9 #5,760
1989 — 6 6 #7,164
1985 — 5 5 #6,786
1981 — 6 6 #5,690
1979 — 5 5 #6,347
1977 — 5 5 #6,117
1975 — 6 6 #5,019
1969 — 6 6 #4,156
1961 — 8 8 #3,259
1960 — 8 8 #3,243
1959 — 8 8 #3,205
1958 — 7 7 #3,459
1956 — 6 6 #3,780
1955 — 5 5 #4,206
1954 — 5 5 #4,161
1953 — 5 5 #4,155
1952 — 6 6 #3,617
1951 — 5 5 #4,075
1949 — 6 6 #3,592
1948 — 5 5 #4,050
1947 — 5 5 #4,125
1944 — 5 5 #3,791
1942 — 6 6 #3,496
1938 — 7 7 #3,146
1936 — 5 5 #3,937
1935 — 5 5 #4,038
1934 5 8 13 #2,954
1933 — 9 9 #2,726
1932 — 6 6 #3,714
1931 — 5 5 #4,208
1930 5 8 13 #3,276
1929 — 6 6 #3,891
1927 — 11 11 #2,697
1925 — 6 6 #4,120
1919 — 5 5 #4,757