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.

Nicodemus

#4,478 most common boys' name of all time · #11,000 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1924–2025

Rank among boys
#4,478
Rank overall
#11,000 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
1,120
Since 2016
369
Peak year
2022 #2,726
Best rank
#2,464 1994
Girls Boys peak 48/yr
19401960198020002020

Nicodemus first appears in 1924. 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 — 45 45 #2,807
2024 — 35 35 #3,352
2023 — 37 37 #3,242
2022 — 48 48 #2,726
2021 — 39 39 #3,080
2020 — 39 39 #2,991
2019 — 32 32 #3,512
2018 — 32 32 #3,464
2017 — 36 36 #3,204
2016 — 26 26 #4,016
2015 — 30 30 #3,608
2014 — 37 37 #3,051
2013 — 32 32 #3,357
2012 — 25 25 #4,032
2011 — 27 27 #3,813
2010 — 26 26 #3,915
2009 — 24 24 #4,184
2008 — 20 20 #4,758
2007 — 30 30 #3,526
2006 — 29 29 #3,537
2005 — 33 33 #3,119
2004 — 22 22 #4,036
2003 — 31 31 #3,068
2002 — 30 30 #3,044
2001 — 29 29 #3,081
2000 — 26 26 #3,236
1999 — 23 23 #3,397
1998 — 19 19 #3,751
1997 — 23 23 #3,189
1996 — 27 27 #2,769
1995 — 14 14 #4,349
1994 — 31 31 #2,464
1993 — 19 19 #3,408
1992 — 22 22 #3,032
1991 — 7 7 #6,683
1990 — 12 12 #4,487
1988 — 5 5 #7,552
1987 — 6 6 #6,327
1986 — 7 7 #5,506
1985 — 7 7 #5,348
1982 — 5 5 #6,658
1981 — 11 11 #3,695
1980 — 13 13 #3,323
1979 — 5 5 #6,384
1978 — 7 7 #4,731
1976 — 11 11 #3,357
1975 — 9 9 #3,782
1973 — 6 6 #4,744
1971 — 5 5 #5,220
1924 — 6 6 #4,334