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.

Rommel

#3,710 most common boys' name of all time · #9,056 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1943–2025

Rank among boys
#3,710
Rank overall
#9,056 of 105,966
First appeared
1943
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
1,519
Since 2016
196
Peak year
2008 #3,180
Best rank
#1,575 1973
Girls Boys peak 36/yr
1960198020002020

Rommel first appears in 1943. 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 — 20 20 #4,898
2024 — 16 16 #5,715
2023 — 16 16 #5,705
2022 — 24 24 #4,340
2021 — 19 19 #4,978
2020 — 25 25 #4,044
2019 — 14 14 #6,167
2018 — 24 24 #4,256
2017 — 18 18 #5,153
2016 — 20 20 #4,811
2015 — 32 32 #3,449
2014 — 17 17 #5,307
2013 — 29 29 #3,606
2012 — 29 29 #3,651
2011 — 15 15 #5,733
2010 — 20 20 #4,716
2009 — 23 23 #4,321
2008 — 36 36 #3,180
2007 — 30 30 #3,531
2006 — 26 26 #3,813
2005 — 34 34 #3,042
2004 — 28 28 #3,394
2003 — 22 22 #3,871
2002 — 20 20 #4,084
2001 — 32 32 #2,885
2000 — 21 21 #3,817
1999 — 13 13 #5,103
1998 — 17 17 #4,070
1997 — 31 31 #2,571
1996 — 15 15 #4,256
1995 — 15 15 #4,118
1994 — 26 26 #2,796
1993 — 22 22 #3,082
1992 — 28 28 #2,558
1991 — 35 35 #2,119
1990 — 26 26 #2,588
1989 — 23 23 #2,723
1988 — 18 18 #3,007
1987 — 23 23 #2,434
1986 — 29 29 #2,026
1985 — 19 19 #2,652
1984 — 25 25 #2,123
1983 — 24 24 #2,183
1982 — 34 34 #1,721
1981 — 23 23 #2,242
1980 — 26 26 #2,084
1979 — 30 30 #1,850
1978 — 25 25 #1,992
1977 — 23 23 #2,105
1976 — 34 34 #1,595
1975 — 23 23 #2,040
1974 — 27 27 #1,773
1973 — 31 31 #1,575
1972 — 26 26 #1,752
1971 — 22 22 #1,972
1970 — 23 23 #1,884
1969 — 14 14 #2,373
1968 — 9 9 #3,041
1967 — 11 11 #2,586
1966 — 5 5 #4,321
1965 — 11 11 #2,589
1964 — 11 11 #2,644
1963 — 18 18 #1,952
1962 — 13 13 #2,347
1961 — 5 5 #4,456
1960 — 10 10 #2,838
1959 — 12 12 #2,511
1958 — 9 9 #2,999
1956 — 5 5 #4,328
1955 — 9 9 #2,940
1954 — 5 5 #4,250
1953 — 7 7 #3,386
1952 — 8 8 #3,074
1951 — 6 6 #3,679
1943 — 5 5 #4,033