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.

Ranson

#8,709 most common boys' name of all time · #22,039 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#8,709
Rank overall
#22,039 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
363
Since 2016
37
Peak year
2003 #5,597
Best rank
#2,590 1944
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ranson first appears in 1914. 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 — 6 6 #10,786
2022 — 6 6 #10,969
2019 — 6 6 #10,909
2018 — 6 6 #10,851
2017 — 6 6 #10,906
2016 — 7 7 #9,757
2014 — 5 5 #12,247
2008 — 6 6 #11,155
2007 — 9 9 #8,251
2006 — 7 7 #9,681
2004 — 6 6 #10,061
2003 — 13 13 #5,597
2002 — 10 10 #6,587
2001 — 5 5 #10,707
2000 — 6 6 #9,234
1999 — 5 5 #10,067
1998 — 6 6 #8,590
1997 — 9 9 #6,182
1995 — 6 6 #7,919
1994 — 7 7 #7,055
1992 — 10 10 #5,299
1991 — 7 7 #6,622
1990 — 5 5 #8,308
1989 — 8 8 #5,735
1988 — 10 10 #4,523
1987 — 9 9 #4,665
1986 — 9 9 #4,545
1985 — 7 7 #5,280
1983 — 5 5 #6,427
1979 — 5 5 #6,253
1977 — 8 8 #4,259
1974 — 5 5 #5,388
1970 — 7 7 #3,956
1968 — 5 5 #4,340
1967 — 6 6 #3,732
1958 — 5 5 #4,144
1955 — 5 5 #4,096
1947 — 9 9 #2,801
1946 — 6 6 #3,372
1944 — 9 9 #2,590
1941 — 6 6 #3,347
1939 — 5 5 #3,731
1938 — 6 6 #3,392
1937 — 5 5 #3,774
1935 — 5 5 #3,870
1930 — 6 6 #3,809
1929 — 5 5 #4,209
1927 — 5 5 #4,427
1924 — 5 5 #4,571
1923 — 5 5 #4,488
1921 — 5 5 #4,539
1919 — 7 7 #3,595
1916 — 5 5 #4,173
1915 — 8 8 #3,011
1914 — 8 8 #2,636