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.

Pope

#16,232 most common boys' name of all time · #42,375 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#16,232
Rank overall
#42,375 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
89
Since 2016
16
Peak year
1918 #2,527
Best rank
#2,527 1918
Girls Boys peak 12/yr
192019401960198020002020

Pope first appears in 1914. 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 — 11 11 #7,241
2024 — 5 5 #12,489
1941 — 5 5 #3,800
1938 — 5 5 #3,802
1932 — 6 6 #3,612
1927 — 9 9 #3,089
1926 — 5 5 #4,472
1921 — 9 9 #3,147
1918 — 12 12 #2,527
1917 — 9 9 #2,912
1916 — 8 8 #3,120
1914 — 5 5 #3,697