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.

Real*

#8,035 most common boys' name of all time · #20,240 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1918–2024 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#8,035
Rank overall
#20,240 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
421
Since 2016
52
Peak year
2012 #9,827
Best rank
#2,076 1941
Girls Boys peak 16/yr
192019401960198020002020

Real first appears in 1918. 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
2024 — 7 7 #10,011
2023 — 10 10 #7,809
2022 — 10 10 #7,837
2021 — 9 9 #8,250
2020 — 9 9 #8,154
2019 — 7 7 #9,881
2015 — 6 6 #10,792
2012 9 7 16 #9,827
2009 — 5 5 #12,698
2007 5 — 5 —
2003 — 6 6 #9,747
2002 7 — 7 —
2001 — 5 5 #10,760
2000 — 8 8 #7,521
1993 5 — 5 —
1979 — 5 5 #6,325
1970 — 7 7 #3,996
1965 — 5 5 #4,160
1964 — 10 10 #2,784
1960 — 6 6 #3,863
1959 — 6 6 #3,836
1958 — 5 5 #4,230
1956 — 5 5 #4,212
1955 — 8 8 #3,134
1954 — 5 5 #4,134
1952 — 7 7 #3,284
1951 — 6 6 #3,601
1950 — 7 7 #3,249
1949 — 12 12 #2,320
1948 — 6 6 #3,556
1947 — 8 8 #3,051
1945 — 5 5 #3,671
1944 — 6 6 #3,364
1941 — 13 13 #2,076
1939 — 8 8 #2,806
1938 — 8 8 #2,828
1937 — 7 7 #3,127
1936 — 12 12 #2,175
1935 — 8 8 #2,927
1934 — 11 11 #2,387
1932 — 6 6 #3,691
1931 — 10 10 #2,639
1930 — 11 11 #2,598
1929 — 7 7 #3,523
1928 — 12 12 #2,518
1927 — 10 10 #2,894
1926 — 13 13 #2,432
1925 — 11 11 #2,748
1924 — 11 11 #2,815
1923 — 5 5 #4,702
1922 — 6 6 #4,204
1921 — 9 9 #3,196
1918 — 9 9 #3,092