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.

Perkins

#16,958 most common boys' name of all time · #44,298 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2000

Rank among boys
#16,958
Rank overall
#44,298 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
79
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #2,977
Best rank
#2,977 1921
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
19201940196019802000

Perkins first appears in 1917. 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
2000 — 5 5 #10,521
1958 — 5 5 #4,218
1947 — 7 7 #3,298
1946 — 5 5 #3,842
1943 — 5 5 #3,879
1930 — 6 6 #3,907
1929 — 5 5 #4,362
1928 — 5 5 #4,536
1925 — 5 5 #4,613
1924 — 8 8 #3,471
1921 — 10 10 #2,977
1920 — 5 5 #4,721
1917 — 8 8 #3,207