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.

Ruel

#3,208 most common boys' name of all time · #7,780 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#3,208
Rank overall
#7,780 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
1,926
Since 2016
91
Peak year
1915 #887
Best rank
#700 1893
Girls Boys peak 49/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ruel first appears in 1882. 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 — 14 14 #6,152
2024 — 11 11 #7,275
2023 — 10 10 #7,756
2022 — 10 10 #7,791
2021 — 7 7 #9,746
2020 — 5 5 #12,065
2019 — 8 8 #8,915
2018 — 11 11 #7,156
2017 — 7 7 #9,718
2016 — 8 8 #8,843
2014 — 13 13 #6,323
2013 — 9 9 #8,136
2012 — 7 7 #9,734
2011 — 9 9 #8,106
2010 — 11 11 #7,100
2009 — 5 5 #12,549
2005 — 8 8 #8,330
2004 — 12 12 #6,159
2003 — 8 8 #7,859
2002 — 9 9 #7,080
2001 — 8 8 #7,570
2000 — 6 6 #9,159
1999 — 6 6 #8,737
1998 — 10 10 #5,862
1997 — 6 6 #8,151
1995 — 9 9 #5,946
1994 — 8 8 #6,401
1993 — 13 13 #4,465
1992 — 10 10 #5,258
1991 — 10 10 #5,125
1990 — 14 14 #3,987
1989 — 12 12 #4,297
1988 — 6 6 #6,472
1987 — 8 8 #5,005
1986 — 11 11 #3,910
1985 — 7 7 #5,195
1984 — 6 6 #5,610
1983 — 8 8 #4,535
1982 — 6 6 #5,664
1981 — 6 6 #5,518
1980 — 9 9 #4,161
1979 — 8 8 #4,437
1978 — 6 6 #5,099
1977 — 10 10 #3,634
1976 — 12 12 #3,117
1975 — 7 7 #4,358
1974 — 10 10 #3,350
1973 — 9 9 #3,467
1972 — 9 9 #3,378
1971 — 15 15 #2,481
1970 — 13 13 #2,641
1969 — 9 9 #3,094
1968 — 16 16 #2,047
1967 — 15 15 #2,051
1966 — 12 12 #2,352
1965 — 8 8 #3,029
1964 — 11 11 #2,566
1963 — 8 8 #3,078
1962 — 9 9 #2,882
1961 — 10 10 #2,737
1960 — 17 17 #1,985
1959 — 15 15 #2,134
1958 — 13 13 #2,288
1957 — 16 16 #2,040
1956 — 16 16 #2,033
1955 — 16 16 #1,992
1954 — 14 14 #2,140
1953 — 15 15 #2,055
1952 — 11 11 #2,406
1951 — 16 16 #1,923
1950 — 23 23 #1,541
1949 — 15 15 #1,965
1948 — 15 15 #1,962
1947 — 17 17 #1,863
1946 — 25 25 #1,417
1945 — 17 17 #1,647
1944 — 19 19 #1,593
1943 — 14 14 #2,016
1942 — 22 22 #1,510
1941 — 17 17 #1,712
1940 — 19 19 #1,585
1939 — 30 30 #1,209
1938 — 21 21 #1,488
1937 — 20 20 #1,550
1936 — 30 30 #1,213
1935 — 15 15 #1,860
1934 — 26 26 #1,335
1933 — 37 37 #1,086
1932 — 26 26 #1,365
1931 — 24 24 #1,443
1930 — 31 31 #1,289
1929 — 32 32 #1,250
1928 — 28 28 #1,395
1927 — 42 42 #1,105
1926 — 33 33 #1,267
1925 — 46 46 #1,015
1924 — 47 47 #1,036
1923 — 38 38 #1,167
1922 — 38 38 #1,171
1921 — 38 38 #1,168
1920 — 30 30 #1,335
1919 — 34 34 #1,218
1918 — 29 29 #1,325
1917 — 29 29 #1,277
1916 — 32 32 #1,168
1915 — 49 49 #887
1914 — 28 28 #1,082
1913 5 24 29 #1,037
1912 — 21 21 #1,011
1911 — 6 6 #1,609
1910 — 8 8 #1,258
1909 — 9 9 #1,057
1908 — 6 6 #1,284
1907 — 7 7 #1,146
1906 — 9 9 #898
1905 — 7 7 #1,054
1903 — 11 11 #727
1901 — 6 6 #1,013
1900 — 7 7 #1,107
1899 — 5 5 #1,125
1898 — 7 7 #965
1897 — 6 6 #1,023
1894 — 7 7 #922
1893 — 10 10 #700
1892 — 7 7 #940
1891 — 5 5 #1,067
1887 — 5 5 #1,021
1882 — 5 5 #1,085