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.

Peterson

#5,410 most common boys' name of all time · #13,456 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1950–2025

Rank among boys
#5,410
Rank overall
#13,456 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
819
Since 2016
96
Peak year
1989 #2,384
Best rank
#2,314 1982
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
1960198020002020

Peterson first appears in 1950. 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 #8,359
2024 — 9 9 #8,436
2023 — 6 6 #11,036
2022 — 11 11 #7,355
2021 — 9 9 #8,285
2020 — 9 9 #8,180
2019 — 10 10 #7,747
2018 — 7 7 #9,839
2017 — 14 14 #6,122
2016 — 12 12 #6,801
2015 — 10 10 #7,615
2014 — 10 10 #7,686
2013 — 11 11 #7,123
2012 — 14 14 #6,049
2011 — 14 14 #6,006
2010 — 12 12 #6,771
2009 — 9 9 #8,439
2008 — 9 9 #8,459
2007 — 19 19 #4,843
2006 — 12 12 #6,564
2005 — 9 9 #7,801
2004 — 17 17 #4,841
2003 — 12 12 #5,965
2002 — 11 11 #6,194
2001 — 21 21 #3,878
2000 — 24 24 #3,459
1999 — 17 17 #4,226
1998 — 17 17 #4,073
1997 — 16 16 #4,105
1996 — 15 15 #4,264
1995 — 16 16 #3,916
1994 — 21 21 #3,260
1993 — 22 22 #3,085
1992 — 17 17 #3,664
1991 — 16 16 #3,702
1990 — 18 18 #3,376
1989 — 28 28 #2,384
1988 — 21 21 #2,719
1987 — 15 15 #3,263
1986 — 24 24 #2,327
1985 — 13 13 #3,505
1984 — 14 14 #3,192
1983 — 14 14 #3,153
1982 — 22 22 #2,314
1981 — 15 15 #2,976
1980 — 12 12 #3,525
1979 — 14 14 #3,095
1978 — 12 12 #3,319
1977 — 16 16 #2,737
1974 — 5 5 #5,569
1973 — 8 8 #3,897
1971 — 8 8 #3,850
1970 — 6 6 #4,513
1968 — 7 7 #3,584
1966 — 5 5 #4,357
1965 — 6 6 #3,808
1964 — 11 11 #2,651
1963 — 10 10 #2,829
1961 — 6 6 #3,975
1960 — 5 5 #4,467
1958 — 8 8 #3,248
1957 — 6 6 #3,927
1956 — 6 6 #3,884
1955 — 7 7 #3,481
1954 — 5 5 #4,286
1950 — 5 5 #4,180