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.

Orpheus

#16,807 most common boys' name of all time · #43,896 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–2024

Rank among boys
#16,807
Rank overall
#43,896 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
81
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1968 #2,667
Best rank
#2,667 1968
Girls Boys peak 11/yr
192019401960198020002020

Orpheus 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
2024 — 5 5 #12,506
1987 — 7 7 #5,596
1986 — 5 5 #6,962
1976 — 5 5 #5,817
1975 — 6 6 #4,993
1974 — 5 5 #5,428
1973 — 5 5 #5,335
1969 — 7 7 #3,748
1968 — 11 11 #2,667
1967 — 9 9 #2,864
1925 — 5 5 #4,606
1922 — 6 6 #4,169
1916 — 5 5 #4,470