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.

Prather

#18,109 most common boys' name of all time · #47,431 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–1959

Rank among boys
#18,109
Rank overall
#47,431 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
8 of 146
All-time
65
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #2,630
Best rank
#2,628 1924
Girls Boys peak 12/yr
19201940

Prather 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
1959 — 7 7 #3,468
1951 — 5 5 #4,007
1924 — 12 12 #2,628
1921 — 12 12 #2,630
1920 — 9 9 #3,185
1918 — 6 6 #4,047
1917 — 6 6 #3,862
1916 — 8 8 #3,171