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.

Nnamdi

#5,433 most common boys' name of all time · #13,505 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1976–2025

Rank among boys
#5,433
Rank overall
#13,505 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
815
Since 2016
182
Peak year
1997 #2,431
Best rank
#2,431 1997
Girls Boys peak 34/yr
198020002020

Nnamdi first appears in 1976. 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 — 18 18 #5,283
2024 — 13 13 #6,600
2023 — 15 15 #6,032
2022 — 16 16 #5,707
2021 — 18 18 #5,205
2020 — 11 11 #7,177
2019 — 22 22 #4,539
2018 — 21 21 #4,656
2017 — 21 21 #4,661
2016 — 27 27 #3,931
2015 — 14 14 #6,115
2014 — 17 17 #5,353
2013 — 12 12 #6,759
2012 — 19 19 #4,936
2011 — 13 13 #6,397
2010 — 18 18 #5,139
2009 — 8 8 #9,260
2008 — 16 16 #5,607
2007 — 13 13 #6,406
2006 — 17 17 #5,199
2005 — 18 18 #4,719
2004 — 12 12 #6,298
2003 — 22 22 #3,913
2002 — 16 16 #4,797
2001 — 16 16 #4,775
2000 — 22 22 #3,715
1999 — 21 21 #3,656
1998 — 20 20 #3,666
1997 — 34 34 #2,431
1996 — 24 24 #3,086
1995 — 14 14 #4,426
1994 — 20 20 #3,432
1993 — 19 19 #3,458
1992 — 18 18 #3,566
1991 — 14 14 #4,158
1990 — 23 23 #2,851
1989 — 15 15 #3,768
1988 — 9 9 #5,077
1987 — 14 14 #3,490
1986 — 10 10 #4,392
1985 — 10 10 #4,270
1984 — 16 16 #2,943
1983 — 13 13 #3,396
1982 — 20 20 #2,513
1981 — 7 7 #5,351
1980 — 16 16 #2,961
1979 — 13 13 #3,351
1978 — 9 9 #4,132
1977 — 12 12 #3,378
1976 — 9 9 #4,007