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.

Oatis

#20,212 most common boys' name of all time · #53,136 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–1941

Rank among boys
#20,212
Rank overall
#53,136 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
8 of 146
All-time
46
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1926 #3,341
Best rank
#3,341 1926
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
19201940

Oatis first appears in 1916. 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
1941 — 5 5 #3,861
1935 — 6 6 #3,555
1930 — 5 5 #4,341
1928 — 5 5 #4,527
1926 — 8 8 #3,341
1925 — 6 6 #4,059
1922 — 6 6 #4,168
1916 — 5 5 #4,464