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.

Opie*

#5,465 most common boys' name of all time · #13,575 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1889–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#5,465
Rank overall
#13,575 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
806
Since 2016
354
Peak year
2022 #2,649
Best rank
#1,338 1904
Girls Boys peak 50/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Opie first appears in 1889. 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 — 29 29 #3,761
2024 — 38 38 #3,166
2023 — 39 39 #3,123
2022 — 50 50 #2,649
2021 — 41 41 #2,975
2020 — 46 46 #2,695
2019 — 33 33 #3,435
2018 — 28 28 #3,798
2017 — 20 20 #4,759
2016 — 30 30 #3,605
2015 — 14 14 #6,009
2014 — 15 15 #5,747
2013 — 13 13 #6,255
2012 — 6 6 #10,826
1977 — 6 6 #5,183
1976 — 5 5 #5,677
1973 — 5 5 #5,174
1970 — 5 5 #4,806
1969 — 6 6 #4,010
1963 — 8 8 #3,094
1962 — 7 7 #3,371
1961 — 9 9 #2,944
1955 — 5 5 #3,973
1951 — 7 7 #3,125
1949 — 5 5 #3,768
1947 — 6 6 #3,436
1943 — 6 6 #3,297
1941 — 7 7 #2,926
1938 — 8 8 #2,703
1935 — 6 6 #3,324
1934 — 5 5 #3,754
1933 — 5 5 #3,716
1932 — 8 8 #2,904
1931 — 5 5 #3,842
1930 — 5 5 #4,082
1929 — 9 9 #2,823
1928 5 6 11 #3,764
1927 — 5 5 #4,281
1926 — 12 12 #2,471
1925 5 10 15 #2,803
1924 6 10 16 #2,863
1923 5 10 15 #2,814
1922 6 15 21 #2,175
1921 — 7 7 #3,578
1920 — 6 6 #3,876
1919 8 6 14 #3,791
1918 — 17 17 #1,947
1917 15 16 31 #1,936
1916 7 11 18 #2,442
1915 8 7 15 #3,140
1914 10 13 23 #1,816
1912 7 5 12 #2,616
1911 — 6 6 #1,642
1906 5 — 5 —
1904 — 5 5 #1,338
1903 7 — 7 —
1889 5 — 5 —