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.

Rickye

#20,087 most common boys' name of all time · #52,780 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1947–1959

Rank among boys
#20,087
Rank overall
#52,780 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
8 of 146
All-time
47
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1956 #3,181
Best rank
#3,181 1956
Girls Boys peak 8/yr

Rickye first appears in 1947. 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
1959 — 6 6 #3,920
1958 — 5 5 #4,359
1957 — 5 5 #4,417
1956 — 8 8 #3,181
1955 — 7 7 #3,464
1954 — 5 5 #4,266
1953 — 6 6 #3,737
1947 — 5 5 #4,258