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.

Philemon

#5,043 most common boys' name of all time · #12,481 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–2025

Rank among boys
#5,043
Rank overall
#12,481 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
98 of 146
All-time
925
Since 2016
131
Peak year
2017 #4,245
Best rank
#2,176 1969
Girls Boys peak 24/yr
192019401960198020002020

Philemon first appears in 1916. 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 — 10 10 #7,741
2024 — 7 7 #9,995
2023 — 9 9 #8,346
2022 — 5 5 #12,489
2021 — 21 21 #4,647
2020 — 12 12 #6,677
2019 — 11 11 #7,234
2018 — 16 16 #5,578
2017 — 24 24 #4,245
2016 — 16 16 #5,599
2015 — 15 15 #5,779
2014 — 15 15 #5,771
2013 — 10 10 #7,596
2012 — 16 16 #5,510
2011 — 9 9 #8,157
2010 — 10 10 #7,643
2009 — 13 13 #6,477
2008 — 16 16 #5,518
2007 — 11 11 #7,167
2006 — 7 7 #9,704
2005 — 17 17 #4,859
2004 — 11 11 #6,590
2003 — 11 11 #6,319
2001 — 10 10 #6,519
2000 — 12 12 #5,649
1999 — 7 7 #7,985
1998 — 12 12 #5,216
1997 — 10 10 #5,722
1996 — 14 14 #4,431
1995 — 8 8 #6,500
1994 — 10 10 #5,533
1993 — 9 9 #5,851
1992 — 12 12 #4,623
1991 — 13 13 #4,285
1990 — 11 11 #4,740
1989 — 9 9 #5,261
1988 — 13 13 #3,767
1987 — 9 9 #4,682
1986 — 6 6 #6,095
1985 — 11 11 #3,881
1984 — 7 7 #5,125
1983 — 9 9 #4,251
1982 — 8 8 #4,706
1981 — 9 9 #4,252
1980 — 17 17 #2,773
1979 — 7 7 #4,970
1978 — 14 14 #2,980
1977 — 14 14 #2,956
1976 — 10 10 #3,536
1975 — 12 12 #3,143
1973 — 10 10 #3,333
1972 — 7 7 #4,119
1971 — 8 8 #3,767
1970 — 10 10 #3,167
1969 — 16 16 #2,176
1968 — 8 8 #3,226
1966 — 8 8 #3,118
1965 — 10 10 #2,699
1964 — 6 6 #3,818
1963 — 5 5 #4,304
1962 — 7 7 #3,477
1961 — 8 8 #3,241
1959 — 10 10 #2,762
1958 — 5 5 #4,205
1957 — 7 7 #3,431
1955 — 9 9 #2,893
1954 — 5 5 #4,096
1953 — 8 8 #3,057
1952 — 8 8 #3,028
1951 — 6 6 #3,574
1950 — 9 9 #2,724
1949 — 8 8 #2,965
1948 — 6 6 #3,530
1946 — 5 5 #3,820
1944 — 6 6 #3,341
1943 — 6 6 #3,455
1942 — 5 5 #3,871
1941 — 8 8 #2,844
1940 — 5 5 #3,767
1938 — 5 5 #3,858
1937 — 6 6 #3,434
1936 — 8 8 #2,820
1935 — 5 5 #3,968
1932 — 6 6 #3,656
1930 — 5 5 #4,316
1929 — 5 5 #4,322
1928 — 9 9 #3,042
1927 — 6 6 #4,066
1926 — 5 5 #4,549
1925 — 6 6 #4,035
1924 — 6 6 #4,171
1923 — 9 9 #3,135
1922 — 10 10 #2,993
1921 — 6 6 #4,149
1920 — 7 7 #3,737
1919 — 7 7 #3,669
1917 — 11 11 #2,558
1916 — 9 9 #2,924