Per
#8,641 most common boys' name of all time · #21,828 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1923–2020
Rank among boys
#8,641
Rank overall
#21,828 of 105,966
First appeared
1923
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
369
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1963 #2,278
Best rank
#2,189 1966
Girls
Boys
peak 14/yr
Per first appears in 1923. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,239 |
| 2011 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,510 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,292 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,575 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,040 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,881 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,746 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,688 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,483 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,375 |
| 1988 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,877 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,112 |
| 1986 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,235 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,810 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,160 |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,283 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,653 |
| 1980 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,641 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,585 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,728 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,368 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,867 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,743 |
| 1974 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,032 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,380 |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,777 |
| 1971 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,903 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,691 |
| 1969 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,778 |
| 1968 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,278 |
| 1967 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,132 |
| 1966 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1965 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,163 |
| 1964 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,277 |
| 1963 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,278 |
| 1962 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,341 |
| 1961 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,845 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,381 |
| 1959 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,635 |
| 1958 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,345 |
| 1957 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,975 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,721 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,359 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,226 |