Read
#9,481 most common boys' name of all time · #23,992 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2014
Rank among boys
#9,481
Rank overall
#23,992 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
308
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1949 #2,105
Best rank
#2,105 1949
Girls
Boys
peak 14/yr
Read 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,250 |
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,390 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,023 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,786 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,700 |
| 2002 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,821 |
| 2001 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,632 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,969 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,902 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,704 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,087 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,933 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,767 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,423 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,314 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,362 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,144 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,920 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,100 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,432 |
| 1979 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,957 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,436 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,282 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,597 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,346 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,816 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,293 |
| 1957 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 1954 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,681 |
| 1953 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1950 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,520 |
| 1949 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,105 |
| 1948 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,257 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,200 |
| 1943 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,127 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,794 |
| 1936 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,796 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,888 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,233 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,456 |
| 1924 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,091 |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,583 |
| 1915 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,293 |
| 1914 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,231 |