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.

Nimrod

#9,140 most common boys' name of all time · #23,094 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2012

Rank among boys
#9,140
Rank overall
#23,094 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
333
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1929 #2,112
Best rank
#1,022 1880
Girls Boys peak 14/yr
1880190019201940196019802000

Nimrod is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2012 — 6 6 #10,794
2009 — 7 7 #9,883
2005 — 6 6 #10,175
2004 — 6 6 #9,981
2003 — 5 5 #10,926
2001 — 7 7 #8,365
1998 — 6 6 #8,503
1997 — 5 5 #9,295
1995 — 9 9 #5,941
1992 — 7 7 #6,695
1991 — 5 5 #8,280
1989 — 6 6 #6,982
1986 — 6 6 #5,960
1984 — 5 5 #6,357
1983 — 5 5 #6,281
1981 — 8 8 #4,531
1980 — 8 8 #4,518
1979 — 5 5 #6,116
1978 — 7 7 #4,582
1976 — 6 6 #4,969
1975 — 6 6 #4,834
1974 — 6 6 #4,668
1973 — 5 5 #5,141
1972 — 8 8 #3,655
1971 — 7 7 #4,004
1968 — 5 5 #4,184
1967 — 6 6 #3,595
1965 — 5 5 #3,962
1964 — 7 7 #3,318
1958 — 5 5 #3,982
1955 — 6 6 #3,537
1953 — 5 5 #3,849
1947 — 5 5 #3,761
1940 — 5 5 #3,494
1938 — 6 6 #3,209
1932 — 5 5 #3,815
1931 — 9 9 #2,681
1930 — 5 5 #4,042
1929 — 14 14 #2,112
1928 — 5 5 #4,183
1926 — 5 5 #4,240
1924 — 6 6 #3,893
1923 — 5 5 #4,278
1922 — 6 6 #3,893
1921 — 12 12 #2,517
1920 — 8 8 #3,231
1918 — 13 13 #2,278
1917 — 6 6 #3,579
1915 — 7 7 #3,106
1907 — 5 5 #1,387
1888 — 5 5 #1,086
1880 — 5 5 #1,022