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.

Rulon

#4,676 most common boys' name of all time · #11,516 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1905–2024

Rank among boys
#4,676
Rank overall
#11,516 of 105,966
First appeared
1905
Years on the list
100 of 146
All-time
1,049
Since 2016
18
Peak year
1927 #1,549
Best rank
#1,091 1907
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
192019401960198020002020

Rulon first appears in 1905. 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
2024 — 6 6 #11,010
2018 — 6 6 #10,809
2017 — 6 6 #10,860
2014 — 10 10 #7,600
2011 — 8 8 #8,814
2010 — 7 7 #9,758
2009 — 6 6 #11,069
2008 — 6 6 #11,107
2007 — 7 7 #9,851
2006 — 7 7 #9,644
2005 — 13 13 #5,907
2004 — 12 12 #6,171
2003 — 8 8 #7,902
2002 — 11 11 #6,125
2001 — 10 10 #6,482
2000 — 7 7 #8,265
1999 — 14 14 #4,792
1998 — 5 5 #9,724
1997 — 6 6 #8,208
1996 — 5 5 #9,099
1995 — 5 5 #8,968
1994 — 7 7 #7,028
1992 — 6 6 #7,510
1990 — 7 7 #6,490
1989 — 7 7 #6,309
1988 — 12 12 #3,940
1987 — 10 10 #4,293
1985 — 9 9 #4,396
1984 — 7 7 #5,063
1983 — 8 8 #4,564
1982 — 6 6 #5,719
1981 — 8 8 #4,584
1980 — 7 7 #5,019
1979 — 6 6 #5,459
1978 — 9 9 #3,906
1977 — 9 9 #3,895
1976 — 7 7 #4,509
1974 — 7 7 #4,272
1972 — 6 6 #4,534
1971 — 5 5 #5,031
1970 — 8 8 #3,601
1969 — 5 5 #4,516
1967 — 7 7 #3,311
1966 — 7 7 #3,326
1963 — 6 6 #3,754
1962 — 11 11 #2,570
1961 — 13 13 #2,361
1960 — 7 7 #3,419
1959 — 8 8 #3,113
1958 — 6 6 #3,667
1957 — 6 6 #3,677
1956 — 7 7 #3,326
1955 — 8 8 #3,049
1954 — 14 14 #2,162
1953 — 8 8 #2,977
1952 — 15 15 #2,041
1951 — 7 7 #3,155
1950 — 10 10 #2,502
1949 — 10 10 #2,509
1948 — 14 14 #2,083
1947 — 12 12 #2,299
1946 — 11 11 #2,328
1945 — 12 12 #2,076
1944 — 15 15 #1,852
1943 — 11 11 #2,337
1942 — 12 12 #2,204
1941 — 21 21 #1,510
1940 — 6 6 #3,243
1939 — 18 18 #1,621
1938 — 14 14 #1,949
1937 — 14 14 #1,954
1936 — 8 8 #2,718
1935 — 11 11 #2,321
1934 — 15 15 #1,900
1933 — 12 12 #2,154
1932 — 16 16 #1,895
1931 — 17 17 #1,807
1930 — 24 24 #1,520
1929 — 17 17 #1,894
1928 — 23 23 #1,595
1927 — 25 25 #1,549
1926 — 20 20 #1,759
1925 — 16 16 #2,050
1924 — 20 20 #1,814
1923 — 14 14 #2,282
1922 — 17 17 #2,002
1921 — 17 17 #2,024
1920 — 22 22 #1,676
1919 — 14 14 #2,217
1918 — 13 13 #2,330
1917 — 13 13 #2,233
1916 — 14 14 #2,099
1915 — 17 17 #1,756
1914 — 14 14 #1,745
1913 — 7 7 #2,380
1912 — 7 7 #2,170
1911 — 6 6 #1,690
1907 — 8 8 #1,091
1906 — 6 6 #1,237
1905 — 5 5 #1,417