Nicanor
#5,541 most common boys' name of all time · #13,798 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1913–2023
Rank among boys
#5,541
Rank overall
#13,798 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
787
Since 2016
55
Peak year
1982 #2,459
Best rank
#2,276 1954
Girls
Boys
peak 20/yr
Nicanor first appears in 1913. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,833 |
| 2022 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,819 |
| 2021 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,891 |
| 2020 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,719 |
| 2018 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,754 |
| 2017 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,208 |
| 2016 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,879 |
| 2015 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,748 |
| 2014 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,857 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,828 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2009 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,371 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,767 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,247 |
| 2006 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,509 |
| 2005 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,609 |
| 2004 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,575 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,690 |
| 2002 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,726 |
| 2001 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,709 |
| 2000 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,634 |
| 1999 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,354 |
| 1998 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,382 |
| 1997 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,076 |
| 1995 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,848 |
| 1994 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,950 |
| 1993 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,692 |
| 1992 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,366 |
| 1991 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,052 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,301 |
| 1989 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,070 |
| 1988 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,519 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,223 |
| 1986 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,953 |
| 1985 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,422 |
| 1984 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,525 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,419 |
| 1982 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,459 |
| 1981 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,521 |
| 1980 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,504 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,254 |
| 1977 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,258 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,555 |
| 1975 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,304 |
| 1974 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,722 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,657 |
| 1972 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,882 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,468 |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,950 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,708 |
| 1968 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,201 |
| 1967 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,686 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,669 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,768 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,805 |
| 1962 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,942 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,279 |
| 1960 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,376 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,205 |
| 1957 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,144 |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,333 |
| 1954 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,276 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,022 |
| 1952 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,007 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,530 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,891 |
| 1949 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,936 |
| 1948 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,554 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,959 |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,743 |
| 1944 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,014 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 1941 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,810 |
| 1938 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,379 |
| 1936 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,782 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,907 |
| 1933 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,157 |
| 1931 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,263 |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,746 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,975 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,422 |
| 1925 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,573 |
| 1924 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,058 |
| 1921 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,042 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,519 |
| 1918 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,916 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,369 |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,198 |