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.

Parish**

#4,275 most common boys' name of all time · #10,477 across all names · 75% male / 25% female · used 1915–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#4,275
Rank overall
#10,477 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
1,212
Since 2016
110
Peak year
1991 #1,832
Best rank
#1,596 1967
Girls Boys peak 56/yr
192019401960198020002020

Parish first appears in 1915. 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 9 9 #8,309
2024 6 6 #11,050
2023 8 8 #8,993
2022 12 12 #6,880
2021 6 6 #10,928
2020 5 9 14 #8,145
2019 8 8
2018 10 10 #7,685
2017 6 5 11 #12,397
2016 9 17 26 #5,353
2015 6 13 19 #6,356
2014 9 10 19 #7,630
2013 8 10 18 #7,594
2012 12 9 21 #8,237
2011 9 17 26 #5,237
2010 14 11 25 #7,141
2009 10 12 22 #6,863
2008 8 7 15 #9,985
2007 9 6 15 #11,041
2006 11 7 18 #9,697
2005 9 13 22 #5,938
2004 9 9 #7,618
2003 8 11 19 #6,314
2002 10 10 #6,594
2001 8 12 20 #5,719
2000 9 24 33 #3,445
1999 9 11 20 #5,712
1998 6 16 22 #4,234
1997 10 14 24 #4,499
1996 9 8 17 #6,593
1995 7 15 22 #4,102
1994 12 31 43 #2,459
1993 11 43 54 #1,917
1992 19 34 53 #2,227
1991 13 43 56 #1,832
1990 6 23 29 #2,802
1989 9 16 25 #3,502
1988 5 15 20 #3,408
1987 5 17 22 #2,977
1986 7 14 21 #3,315
1985 13 13 #3,457
1984 15 15 #3,002
1983 6 6 #5,674
1982 13 13 #3,341
1981 10 10 #3,939
1980 6 6 #5,700
1979 10 10 #3,879
1978 11 11 #3,468
1977 5 12 17 #3,271
1976 9 9 #3,826
1975 18 18 #2,403
1974 17 17 #2,406
1973 15 15 #2,556
1972 18 18 #2,190
1971 28 28 #1,689
1970 5 19 24 #2,086
1969 11 11 #2,762
1968 17 17 #2,010
1967 6 24 30 #1,596
1966 18 18 #1,862
1965 15 15 #2,144
1964 15 15 #2,177
1963 11 11 #2,613
1961 5 5 #4,324
1923 5 5 #4,592
1915 6 6 #3,795