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.

Nilton

#15,882 most common boys' name of all time · #41,321 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1930–2017

Rank among boys
#15,882
Rank overall
#41,321 of 105,966
First appeared
1930
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
95
Since 2016
5
Peak year
2000 #6,423
Best rank
#3,966 1977
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
1940196019802000

Nilton first appears in 1930. 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 #12,490
2012 — 6 6 #10,979
2006 — 6 6 #10,871
2005 — 7 7 #9,291
2004 — 6 6 #10,172
2000 — 10 10 #6,423
1997 — 7 7 #7,431
1992 — 5 5 #8,715
1991 — 8 8 #6,083
1986 — 5 5 #7,055
1982 — 6 6 #5,863
1978 — 5 5 #6,093
1977 — 9 9 #3,966
1976 — 5 5 #5,896
1930 — 5 5 #4,527