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.

Ralston

#5,017 most common boys' name of all time · #12,425 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1910–2025

Rank among boys
#5,017
Rank overall
#12,425 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
99 of 146
All-time
931
Since 2016
86
Peak year
1921 #1,542
Best rank
#1,542 1921
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ralston first appears in 1910. 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 — 7 7 #9,766
2024 — 8 8 #9,052
2023 — 10 10 #7,780
2022 — 8 8 #9,051
2021 — 8 8 #8,875
2019 — 9 9 #8,258
2018 — 13 13 #6,378
2017 — 11 11 #7,124
2016 — 12 12 #6,761
2015 — 15 15 #5,769
2014 — 9 9 #8,173
2013 — 8 8 #8,862
2012 — 9 9 #8,210
2011 — 10 10 #7,553
2010 — 11 11 #7,117
2009 — 9 9 #8,351
2008 — 13 13 #6,421
2007 — 10 10 #7,632
2006 — 7 7 #9,654
2005 — 12 12 #6,259
2004 — 8 8 #8,215
2003 — 12 12 #5,909
2002 — 11 11 #6,133
2001 — 8 8 #7,609
2000 — 7 7 #8,275
1999 — 6 6 #8,788
1998 — 11 11 #5,505
1997 — 15 15 #4,281
1996 — 15 15 #4,224
1995 — 11 11 #5,171
1994 — 9 9 #5,930
1993 — 12 12 #4,738
1992 — 9 9 #5,711
1991 — 15 15 #3,845
1990 — 10 10 #5,038
1989 — 15 15 #3,656
1988 — 12 12 #3,943
1987 — 10 10 #4,300
1986 — 8 8 #4,934
1985 — 10 10 #4,106
1984 — 10 10 #3,979
1983 — 9 9 #4,206
1982 — 11 11 #3,756
1980 — 7 7 #5,035
1979 — 5 5 #6,199
1978 — 10 10 #3,664
1977 — 8 8 #4,237
1974 — 6 6 #4,742
1971 — 6 6 #4,479
1969 — 8 8 #3,402
1968 — 5 5 #4,275
1967 — 5 5 #4,103
1966 — 7 7 #3,336
1965 — 11 11 #2,530
1964 — 5 5 #4,173
1963 — 6 6 #3,766
1961 — 6 6 #3,764
1960 — 5 5 #4,191
1955 — 5 5 #4,031
1952 — 6 6 #3,489
1951 — 6 6 #3,488
1950 — 7 7 #3,133
1949 — 7 7 #3,118
1947 — 8 8 #2,969
1946 — 10 10 #2,475
1945 — 5 5 #3,491
1944 — 8 8 #2,731
1942 — 6 6 #3,330
1941 — 6 6 #3,277
1940 — 6 6 #3,256
1939 — 6 6 #3,248
1938 — 10 10 #2,406
1937 — 8 8 #2,789
1936 — 10 10 #2,379
1935 — 7 7 #3,075
1933 — 13 13 #2,052
1932 — 10 10 #2,565
1931 — 7 7 #3,191
1930 — 10 10 #2,689
1929 — 7 7 #3,346
1928 — 14 14 #2,224
1927 — 13 13 #2,359
1926 — 7 7 #3,482
1925 — 14 14 #2,267
1924 — 15 15 #2,198
1923 — 12 12 #2,524
1922 — 10 10 #2,893
1921 — 25 25 #1,542
1920 — 14 14 #2,293
1919 — 13 13 #2,330
1918 — 9 9 #2,974
1917 — 15 15 #2,054
1916 — 13 13 #2,215
1915 — 11 11 #2,398
1914 — 5 5 #3,413
1913 — 13 13 #1,572
1912 — 6 6 #2,430
1911 — 6 6 #1,713
1910 — 5 5 #1,828