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.

Overton

#6,922 most common boys' name of all time · #17,405 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1884–2003

Rank among boys
#6,922
Rank overall
#17,405 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
544
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #1,327
Best rank
#1,006 1888
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
190019201940196019802000

Overton first appears in 1884. 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
2003 — 5 5 #10,953
2000 — 5 5 #10,400
1996 — 7 7 #7,180
1995 — 5 5 #8,930
1970 — 7 7 #3,882
1967 — 5 5 #4,035
1965 — 6 6 #3,579
1961 — 6 6 #3,709
1959 — 13 13 #2,321
1958 — 6 6 #3,617
1956 — 6 6 #3,580
1955 — 6 6 #3,561
1954 — 12 12 #2,354
1953 — 5 5 #3,870
1952 — 5 5 #3,799
1951 — 9 9 #2,699
1950 — 5 5 #3,750
1949 — 11 11 #2,367
1947 — 6 6 #3,424
1946 — 5 5 #3,598
1943 — 11 11 #2,309
1942 — 6 6 #3,267
1941 — 8 8 #2,717
1939 — 9 9 #2,480
1937 — 8 8 #2,727
1936 — 8 8 #2,669
1935 — 13 13 #2,061
1934 — 5 5 #3,734
1933 — 17 17 #1,732
1931 — 10 10 #2,516
1930 — 10 10 #2,649
1929 — 9 9 #2,813
1928 — 11 11 #2,539
1927 — 12 12 #2,434
1926 — 12 12 #2,463
1925 — 13 13 #2,350
1924 — 18 18 #1,922
1923 — 19 19 #1,834
1922 — 17 17 #1,974
1921 — 14 14 #2,298
1920 — 26 26 #1,477
1919 — 17 17 #1,908
1918 — 29 29 #1,327
1917 — 11 11 #2,457
1916 — 9 9 #2,764
1915 — 10 10 #2,488
1914 — 12 12 #1,897
1913 — 7 7 #2,328
1912 — 7 7 #2,103
1911 — 6 6 #1,624
1908 — 5 5 #1,463
1907 — 7 7 #1,157
1905 — 5 5 #1,330
1900 — 5 5 #1,410
1899 — 6 6 #1,026
1895 — 6 6 #1,045
1888 — 6 6 #1,006
1884 — 5 5 #1,112