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.

Prospero

#17,602 most common boys' name of all time · #46,024 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–1975

Rank among boys
#17,602
Rank overall
#46,024 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
71
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1928 #3,274
Best rank
#3,274 1928
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
192019401960

Prospero first appears in 1915. 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
1975 — 5 5 #5,663
1947 — 5 5 #4,021
1933 — 5 5 #3,939
1930 — 6 6 #3,856
1929 — 6 6 #3,802
1928 — 8 8 #3,274
1925 — 7 7 #3,632
1924 — 7 7 #3,747
1923 — 5 5 #4,572
1917 — 5 5 #4,304
1916 — 5 5 #4,250
1915 — 7 7 #3,375