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.

Onyekachi*

#15,171 most common boys' name of all time · #39,298 across all names · 85% male / 15% female · used 1997–2020 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#15,171
Rank overall
#39,298 of 105,966
First appeared
1997
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
108
Since 2016
40
Peak year
2017 #10,252
Best rank
#7,503 1998
Girls Boys peak 12/yr
20002020

Onyekachi first appears in 1997. 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
2020 — 8 8 #9,160
2019 — 7 7 #10,285
2018 — 7 7 #10,211
2017 5 7 12 #10,252
2016 — 6 6 #11,451
2014 — 5 5 #13,031
2012 — 10 10 #7,927
2011 — 6 6 #11,619
2008 5 6 11 #11,859
2004 — 7 7 #9,634
2003 — 5 5 #12,048
2001 — 5 5 #11,736
1998 — 8 8 #7,503
1997 6 5 11 #10,486