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.

Petronilo

#18,890 most common boys' name of all time · #49,584 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1919–1990

Rank among boys
#18,890
Rank overall
#49,584 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
57
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1919 #2,875
Best rank
#2,875 1919
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
1920194019601980

Petronilo first appears in 1919. 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
1990 — 5 5 #8,385
1973 — 5 5 #5,362
1961 — 5 5 #4,371
1947 — 5 5 #4,115
1941 — 6 6 #3,429
1933 — 5 5 #4,037
1926 — 5 5 #4,659
1921 — 6 6 #4,229
1920 — 5 5 #4,801
1919 — 10 10 #2,875