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.

Neshawn*

#17,368 most common boys' name of all time · #45,344 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1974–2017 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#17,368
Rank overall
#45,344 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
74
Since 2016
5
Peak year
2005 #7,295
Best rank
#7,295 2005
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
19802000

Neshawn first appears in 1974. 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
2017 — 5 5 #12,678
2011 — 6 6 #11,192
2009 — 5 5 #12,943
2008 — 5 5 #13,023
2007 — 5 5 #12,831
2006 — 6 6 #11,038
2005 — 10 10 #7,295
2004 — 6 6 #10,367
2003 — 5 5 #11,404
2001 — 6 6 #9,633
1989 — 5 5 #8,481
1978 5 — 5 —
1974 5 — 5 —