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.

Pervis

#5,195 most common boys' name of all time · #12,895 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1892–2002

Rank among boys
#5,195
Rank overall
#12,895 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
83 of 146
All-time
878
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1965 #1,741
Best rank
#1,251 1909
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
190019201940196019802000

Pervis first appears in 1892. 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
2002 — 5 5 #10,744
1999 — 6 6 #8,756
1993 — 7 7 #6,882
1992 — 5 5 #8,505
1991 — 5 5 #8,332
1989 — 12 12 #4,305
1988 — 5 5 #7,360
1987 — 6 6 #6,159
1986 — 12 12 #3,678
1985 — 6 6 #5,838
1984 — 10 10 #3,963
1983 — 5 5 #6,340
1982 — 10 10 #3,996
1981 — 7 7 #5,027
1980 — 6 6 #5,610
1979 — 14 14 #3,042
1978 — 10 10 #3,646
1977 — 15 15 #2,812
1976 — 13 13 #2,971
1975 — 11 11 #3,278
1974 — 11 11 #3,164
1973 — 15 15 #2,535
1972 — 5 5 #5,083
1971 — 5 5 #4,996
1970 — 12 12 #2,775
1969 — 9 9 #3,121
1968 — 8 8 #3,150
1967 — 18 18 #1,868
1966 — 18 18 #1,836
1965 — 21 21 #1,741
1964 — 11 11 #2,579
1963 — 15 15 #2,140
1962 — 16 16 #2,058
1961 — 11 11 #2,579
1960 — 8 8 #3,133
1959 — 17 17 #1,997
1958 — 11 11 #2,541
1957 — 9 9 #2,879
1956 — 11 11 #2,541
1955 — 20 20 #1,754
1954 — 13 13 #2,243
1953 — 12 12 #2,319
1952 — 14 14 #2,105
1951 — 9 9 #2,713
1950 — 12 12 #2,246
1949 — 11 11 #2,382
1948 — 17 17 #1,844
1947 — 8 8 #2,930
1946 — 11 11 #2,314
1945 — 12 12 #2,058
1944 — 11 11 #2,242
1943 — 10 10 #2,461
1942 — 6 6 #3,285
1941 — 7 7 #2,934
1940 — 8 8 #2,729
1939 — 15 15 #1,830
1938 — 11 11 #2,237
1937 — 9 9 #2,542
1936 — 14 14 #1,913
1935 — 11 11 #2,302
1934 — 14 14 #1,979
1933 — 14 14 #1,945
1932 — 11 11 #2,369
1931 — 12 12 #2,252
1930 — 15 15 #2,009
1929 — 12 12 #2,363
1928 — 9 9 #2,911
1927 — 8 8 #3,221
1926 — 8 8 #3,188
1925 — 11 11 #2,636
1924 — 10 10 #2,873
1922 — 14 14 #2,276
1921 — 12 12 #2,543
1920 — 15 15 #2,166
1919 — 12 12 #2,425
1918 — 9 9 #2,935
1917 — 8 8 #3,003
1916 — 7 7 #3,240
1914 — 11 11 #2,031
1913 — 7 7 #2,349
1909 — 7 7 #1,251
1908 — 5 5 #1,502
1892 — 5 5 #1,253