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.

Rector

#15,527 most common boys' name of all time · #40,367 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–1945

Rank among boys
#15,527
Rank overall
#40,367 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
101
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #2,304
Best rank
#2,252 1912
Girls Boys peak 14/yr
19201940

Rector first appears in 1912. 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
1945 — 5 5 #3,520
1925 — 6 6 #3,872
1924 — 7 7 #3,634
1923 — 10 10 #2,857
1922 — 7 7 #3,645
1920 — 14 14 #2,304
1919 — 13 13 #2,348
1918 — 9 9 #2,993
1917 — 8 8 #3,072
1915 — 5 5 #3,967
1914 — 5 5 #3,434
1913 — 5 5 #3,025
1912 — 7 7 #2,252