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.

Polk

#16,868 most common boys' name of all time · #44,079 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1887–1954

Rank among boys
#16,868
Rank overall
#44,079 of 105,966
First appeared
1887
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
80
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1925 #3,199
Best rank
#878 1890
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
190019201940

Polk first appears in 1887. 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
1954 — 5 5 #3,900
1928 — 5 5 #4,223
1927 — 5 5 #4,278
1925 — 8 8 #3,199
1923 — 5 5 #4,316
1921 — 6 6 #3,927
1919 — 6 6 #3,789
1918 — 5 5 #4,239
1917 — 8 8 #2,995
1916 — 5 5 #3,970
1915 — 5 5 #3,893
1892 — 5 5 #1,211
1890 — 7 7 #878
1887 — 5 5 #1,061