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.

Race

#3,910 most common boys' name of all time · #9,518 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1954–2025

Rank among boys
#3,910
Rank overall
#9,518 of 105,966
First appeared
1954
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
1,411
Since 2016
115
Peak year
2002 #1,779
Best rank
#1,773 2000
📖The word “race” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 65/yr
1960198020002020

Race first appears in 1954. 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 — 12 12 #6,872
2024 — 6 6 #11,154
2023 — 9 9 #8,393
2022 — 8 8 #9,140
2021 — 14 14 #6,111
2020 — 9 9 #8,186
2019 — 12 12 #6,857
2018 — 12 12 #6,791
2017 — 14 14 #6,125
2016 — 19 19 #4,989
2015 — 28 28 #3,804
2014 — 27 27 #3,812
2013 — 24 24 #4,101
2012 — 35 35 #3,193
2011 — 40 40 #2,918
2010 — 34 34 #3,257
2009 — 37 37 #3,123
2008 — 46 46 #2,692
2007 — 54 54 #2,389
2006 — 56 56 #2,265
2005 — 63 63 #1,993
2004 — 54 54 #2,177
2003 — 53 53 #2,112
2002 — 65 65 #1,779
2001 — 42 42 #2,367
2000 — 62 62 #1,773
1999 — 55 55 #1,812
1998 — 54 54 #1,845
1997 — 45 45 #2,010
1996 — 43 43 #2,032
1995 — 36 36 #2,225
1994 — 25 25 #2,886
1993 — 34 34 #2,276
1992 — 23 23 #2,953
1991 — 21 21 #3,032
1990 — 16 16 #3,682
1989 — 21 21 #2,944
1988 — 20 20 #2,811
1987 — 21 21 #2,602
1986 — 15 15 #3,194
1985 — 10 10 #4,187
1984 — 11 11 #3,811
1983 — 5 5 #6,634
1981 — 5 5 #6,650
1980 — 6 6 #5,844
1979 — 5 5 #6,473
1973 — 6 6 #4,821
1972 — 8 8 #3,833
1970 — 11 11 #3,028
1969 — 11 11 #2,811
1968 — 6 6 #4,000
1966 — 5 5 #4,386
1965 — 11 11 #2,599
1962 — 6 6 #3,958
1959 — 7 7 #3,583
1958 — 8 8 #3,261
1957 — 9 9 #3,016
1956 — 6 6 #3,912
1955 — 6 6 #3,868
1954 — 5 5 #4,346