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.

Nephi

#5,806 most common boys' name of all time · #14,459 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1918–2025

Rank among boys
#5,806
Rank overall
#14,459 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
730
Since 2016
78
Peak year
2007 #3,917
Best rank
#2,320 1974
Girls Boys peak 26/yr
192019401960198020002020

Nephi first appears in 1918. 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 #9,810
2024 — 7 7 #10,017
2023 — 8 8 #9,010
2022 — 6 6 #11,024
2021 — 6 6 #10,951
2020 — 11 11 #7,099
2019 — 7 7 #9,885
2018 — 10 10 #7,698
2017 — 9 9 #8,242
2016 — 7 7 #9,795
2015 — 8 8 #8,859
2014 — 13 13 #6,354
2013 — 10 10 #7,613
2012 — 13 13 #6,359
2011 — 14 14 #5,983
2010 — 13 13 #6,415
2009 — 7 7 #9,978
2008 — 20 20 #4,753
2007 — 26 26 #3,917
2006 — 17 17 #5,125
2005 — 16 16 #5,082
2004 — 11 11 #6,598
2003 — 14 14 #5,311
2002 — 13 13 #5,452
2001 — 23 23 #3,636
2000 — 13 13 #5,349
1999 — 17 17 #4,212
1998 — 17 17 #4,062
1997 — 13 13 #4,727
1996 — 14 14 #4,438
1995 — 13 13 #4,574
1994 — 11 11 #5,183
1993 — 16 16 #3,869
1992 — 13 13 #4,378
1991 — 8 8 #6,056
1990 — 11 11 #4,750
1989 — 20 20 #3,025
1988 — 10 10 #4,542
1987 — 5 5 #7,208
1986 — 10 10 #4,223
1985 — 7 7 #5,325
1984 — 10 10 #4,013
1983 — 14 14 #3,134
1982 — 7 7 #5,178
1981 — 15 15 #2,951
1980 — 11 11 #3,703
1979 — 11 11 #3,665
1978 — 15 15 #2,858
1977 — 10 10 #3,687
1976 — 13 13 #3,006
1975 — 13 13 #2,972
1974 — 18 18 #2,320
1973 — 7 7 #4,210
1972 — 8 8 #3,767
1971 — 8 8 #3,793
1970 — 7 7 #3,999
1969 — 6 6 #4,149
1966 — 6 6 #3,747
1952 — 6 6 #3,607
1943 — 5 5 #3,916
1929 — 5 5 #4,405
1926 — 7 7 #3,675
1925 — 6 6 #4,104
1922 — 6 6 #4,223
1920 — 5 5 #4,796
1919 — 12 12 #2,510
1918 — 5 5 #4,745