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.

Rj

#5,245 most common boys' name of all time · #13,035 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1973–2025

Rank among boys
#5,245
Rank overall
#13,035 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
865
Since 2016
271
Peak year
2021 #3,464
Best rank
#3,038 1987
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
198020002020

Rj first appears in 1973. 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 — 24 24 #4,305
2024 — 21 21 #4,765
2023 — 24 24 #4,381
2022 — 33 33 #3,496
2021 — 33 33 #3,464
2020 — 26 26 #3,956
2019 — 27 27 #3,953
2018 — 32 32 #3,485
2017 — 27 27 #3,925
2016 — 24 24 #4,247
2015 — 20 20 #4,790
2014 — 22 22 #4,443
2013 — 25 25 #4,007
2012 — 28 28 #3,763
2011 — 20 20 #4,721
2010 — 22 22 #4,426
2009 — 13 13 #6,554
2008 — 32 32 #3,456
2007 — 27 27 #3,845
2006 — 30 30 #3,491
2005 — 23 23 #4,007
2004 — 21 21 #4,200
2003 — 22 22 #3,904
2002 — 17 17 #4,585
2001 — 11 11 #6,190
2000 — 20 20 #4,003
1999 — 9 9 #6,736
1998 — 8 8 #7,110
1997 — 12 12 #5,110
1996 — 17 17 #3,944
1995 — 14 14 #4,411
1994 — 7 7 #7,320
1993 — 13 13 #4,578
1992 — 7 7 #6,989
1991 — 8 8 #6,206
1990 — 12 12 #4,583
1989 — 8 8 #5,978
1988 — 17 17 #3,164
1987 — 17 17 #3,038
1986 — 13 13 #3,595
1985 — 11 11 #3,998
1984 — 5 5 #6,858
1983 — 5 5 #6,863
1982 — 10 10 #4,181
1979 — 8 8 #4,741
1978 — 6 6 #5,558
1977 — 8 8 #4,512
1976 — 7 7 #4,834
1975 — 5 5 #6,073
1974 — 7 7 #4,587
1973 — 7 7 #4,497