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.

Roary*

#17,779 most common boys' name of all time · #46,463 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1982–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#17,779
Rank overall
#46,463 of 105,966
First appeared
1982
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
69
Since 2016
28
Peak year
2021 #12,691
Best rank
#7,180 1983
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
20002020

Roary first appears in 1982. 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 —
2021 5 5 10 #12,691
2018 — 5 5 #12,717
2017 — 8 8 #9,150
2015 — 6 6 #11,100
2014 — 5 5 #12,683
2008 — 5 5 #13,201
2007 — 5 5 #12,991
2006 — 5 5 #12,705
2003 — 5 5 #11,600
1983 — 5 5 #7,180
1982 — 5 5 #7,336