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.

Sambo

#21,185 most common boys' name of all time · #55,826 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1918–1986

Rank among boys
#21,185
Rank overall
#55,826 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
7 of 146
All-time
39
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1924 #3,821
Best rank
#3,603 1934
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
1920194019601980

Sambo first appears in 1918. 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
1986 — 6 6 #6,119
1984 — 5 5 #6,548
1934 — 6 6 #3,603
1924 — 7 7 #3,821
1920 — 5 5 #4,797
1919 — 5 5 #4,630
1918 — 5 5 #4,773