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.

Nixon

#1,354 most common boys' name of all time · #3,249 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among boys
#1,354
Rank overall
#3,249 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
7,728
Since 2016
4,319
Peak year
2017 #483
Best rank
#483 2017
Girls Boys peak 638/yr
192019401960198020002020

Nixon first appears in 1917. 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 8 206 214 #1,060
2024 9 279 288 #868
2023 18 264 282 #883
2022 14 354 368 #733
2021 17 384 401 #692
2020 17 411 428 #651
2019 35 471 506 #588
2018 25 573 598 #500
2017 31 607 638 #483
2016 26 570 596 #519
2015 20 560 580 #512
2014 22 470 492 #587
2013 18 433 451 #586
2012 12 365 377 #652
2011 16 226 242 #901
2010 13 188 201 #1,034
2009 15 154 169 #1,174
2008 7 119 126 #1,415
2007 8 78 86 #1,854
2006 8 74 82 #1,843
2005 57 57 #2,143
2004 47 47 #2,387
2003 29 29 #3,207
2002 22 22 #3,825
2001 22 22 #3,751
2000 25 25 #3,329
1999 18 18 #4,023
1998 24 24 #3,223
1997 25 25 #2,992
1996 26 26 #2,856
1995 18 18 #3,589
1994 17 17 #3,791
1993 15 15 #4,064
1992 8 8 #6,226
1991 17 17 #3,516
1990 6 6 #7,342
1989 14 14 #3,864
1988 10 10 #4,536
1987 6 6 #6,277
1986 7 7 #5,479
1985 7 7 #5,309
1984 6 6 #5,754
1983 9 9 #4,265
1982 8 8 #4,711
1981 7 7 #5,114
1980 5 5 #6,497
1973 5 5 #5,342
1970 7 7 #3,991
1969 10 10 #2,956
1961 5 5 #4,355
1960 12 12 #2,496
1959 8 8 #3,192
1955 9 9 #2,898
1953 10 10 #2,665
1944 7 7 #3,066
1942 6 6 #3,475
1940 6 6 #3,391
1939 9 9 #2,591
1938 5 5 #3,891
1934 6 6 #3,580
1928 6 6 #4,029
1925 6 6 #4,078
1924 7 7 #3,799
1922 6 6 #4,181
1920 7 7 #3,765
1918 5 5 #4,596
1917 6 6 #3,955