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.

Reco

#4,299 most common boys' name of all time · #10,530 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1956–2025

Rank among boys
#4,299
Rank overall
#10,530 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
1,202
Since 2016
24
Peak year
1976 #1,029
Best rank
#1,029 1976
Girls Boys peak 66/yr
1960198020002020

Reco first appears in 1956. 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 5 5 #12,278
2017 11 11 #7,193
2016 8 8 #8,965
2014 8 8 #8,952
2013 16 16 #5,464
2012 9 9 #8,305
2011 7 7 #9,816
2010 13 13 #6,436
2009 7 7 #10,061
2008 13 13 #6,479
2007 13 13 #6,349
2006 21 21 #4,414
2005 13 13 #5,976
2004 16 16 #5,081
2003 11 11 #6,367
2002 13 13 #5,478
2001 10 10 #6,570
2000 18 18 #4,263
1999 13 13 #5,116
1998 12 12 #5,245
1997 11 11 #5,398
1996 6 6 #8,229
1995 17 17 #3,760
1994 12 12 #4,921
1993 23 23 #2,992
1992 30 30 #2,440
1991 22 22 #2,945
1990 34 34 #2,150
1989 30 30 #2,273
1988 33 33 #1,969
1987 28 28 #2,146
1986 38 38 #1,684
1985 28 28 #2,049
1984 20 20 #2,493
1983 30 30 #1,845
1982 25 25 #2,149
1981 36 36 #1,652
1980 44 44 #1,447
1979 36 36 #1,623
1978 59 59 #1,160
1977 35 35 #1,598
1976 66 66 #1,029
1975 64 64 #1,038
1974 27 27 #1,779
1973 37 37 #1,396
1972 29 29 #1,641
1971 36 36 #1,436
1970 22 22 #1,933
1969 6 6 #4,279
1968 8 8 #3,314
1967 6 6 #3,876
1966 5 5 #4,401
1965 5 5 #4,312
1964 5 5 #4,498
1963 8 8 #3,294
1962 7 7 #3,607
1960 8 8 #3,319
1959 9 9 #3,027
1958 8 8 #3,268
1957 7 7 #3,541
1956 5 5 #4,440