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#13,901 most common boys' name of all time · #35,859 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1979–2010
Rank among boys
#13,901
Rank overall
#35,859 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
20 of 146
All-time
135
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1984 #4,517
Best rank
#4,398 1979
Girls
Boys
peak 9/yr
Random first appears in 1979. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,040 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,628 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,050 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,432 |
| 2003 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,987 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,972 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,977 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,559 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,384 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,964 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,718 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,980 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,954 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,521 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,671 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,517 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,853 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,112 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,154 |
| 1979 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,398 |