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.

Powell

#3,756 most common boys' name of all time · #9,161 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1883–2025

Rank among boys
#3,756
Rank overall
#9,161 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
121 of 146
All-time
1,491
Since 2016
103
Peak year
1919 #1,257
Best rank
#934 1891
Girls Boys peak 32/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Powell first appears in 1883. 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 #8,262
2024 — 10 10 #7,782
2023 — 11 11 #7,305
2022 — 12 12 #6,846
2021 — 10 10 #7,609
2020 — 7 7 #9,581
2019 — 5 5 #12,188
2018 — 8 8 #8,836
2017 — 14 14 #6,066
2016 6 11 17 #7,171
2015 — 7 7 #9,600
2014 — 10 10 #7,584
2013 — 10 10 #7,555
2012 — 6 6 #10,811
2011 — 6 6 #10,853
2010 — 10 10 #7,608
2009 — 10 10 #7,719
2008 — 10 10 #7,721
2007 — 11 11 #7,116
2006 — 7 7 #9,614
2005 — 9 9 #7,676
2004 — 5 5 #11,395
2003 — 5 5 #10,945
2002 — 8 8 #7,676
2001 — 10 10 #6,464
2000 — 14 14 #5,054
1999 — 10 10 #6,069
1998 — 7 7 #7,605
1996 — 9 9 #6,008
1995 — 14 14 #4,300
1994 — 9 9 #5,894
1991 — 10 10 #5,128
1990 — 10 10 #5,019
1989 — 11 11 #4,550
1988 — 5 5 #7,334
1987 — 5 5 #7,008
1985 — 6 6 #5,823
1984 — 9 9 #4,241
1982 — 8 8 #4,626
1981 — 12 12 #3,440
1978 — 6 6 #5,103
1977 — 5 5 #5,907
1975 — 5 5 #5,524
1974 — 5 5 #5,285
1973 — 5 5 #5,164
1972 — 7 7 #4,003
1970 — 5 5 #4,787
1969 — 7 7 #3,636
1968 — 14 14 #2,223
1967 — 11 11 #2,496
1966 — 10 10 #2,658
1965 — 13 13 #2,294
1964 — 7 7 #3,343
1963 — 15 15 #2,133
1962 — 17 17 #1,980
1961 — 10 10 #2,740
1960 — 14 14 #2,230
1959 — 12 12 #2,437
1958 — 19 19 #1,855
1957 — 9 9 #2,857
1956 — 10 10 #2,655
1955 — 15 15 #2,077
1954 — 13 13 #2,232
1953 — 14 14 #2,116
1952 — 15 15 #2,026
1951 — 13 13 #2,163
1950 — 15 15 #1,960
1949 — 13 13 #2,151
1948 — 16 16 #1,899
1947 — 20 20 #1,708
1946 — 19 19 #1,658
1945 — 22 22 #1,427
1944 — 16 16 #1,761
1943 — 8 8 #2,781
1942 — 21 21 #1,551
1941 — 23 23 #1,424
1940 — 19 19 #1,589
1939 — 22 22 #1,440
1938 — 21 21 #1,489
1937 — 14 14 #1,940
1936 — 19 19 #1,556
1935 — 16 16 #1,783
1934 — 16 16 #1,812
1933 — 22 22 #1,470
1932 — 20 20 #1,602
1931 — 22 22 #1,510
1930 — 21 21 #1,619
1929 — 19 19 #1,748
1928 — 24 24 #1,539
1927 — 15 15 #2,139
1926 — 18 18 #1,866
1925 — 28 28 #1,399
1924 — 24 24 #1,598
1923 — 15 15 #2,151
1922 — 22 22 #1,661
1921 — 24 24 #1,557
1920 — 19 19 #1,835
1919 — 32 32 #1,257
1918 — 28 28 #1,361
1917 — 25 25 #1,415
1916 — 11 11 #2,429
1915 — 17 17 #1,727
1914 — 19 19 #1,408
1913 — 23 23 #1,062
1912 — 10 10 #1,668
1910 — 6 6 #1,486
1909 — 6 6 #1,362
1908 — 7 7 #1,167
1907 — 7 7 #1,151
1904 — 5 5 #1,305
1903 — 6 6 #1,087
1902 — 6 6 #1,098
1901 — 6 6 #1,025
1899 — 5 5 #1,134
1897 — 6 6 #1,031
1896 — 5 5 #1,210
1892 — 5 5 #1,186
1891 — 6 6 #934
1890 — 5 5 #1,106
1888 — 5 5 #1,126
1883 — 5 5 #1,025