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.

Sang*

#5,869 most common boys' name of all time · #14,617 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1929–2024 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#5,869
Rank overall
#14,617 of 105,966
First appeared
1929
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
718
Since 2016
42
Peak year
1981 #2,113
Best rank
#2,043 1985
Girls Boys peak 32/yr
19401960198020002020

Sang first appears in 1929. 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 #11,113
2020 — 5 5 #12,263
2019 — 7 7 #9,908
2018 — 5 5 #12,386
2017 — 9 9 #8,253
2016 — 10 10 #7,698
2015 — 5 5 #12,326
2014 — 13 13 #6,365
2013 — 7 7 #9,831
2012 — 13 13 #6,364
2011 — 11 11 #7,089
2010 — 6 6 #10,960
2009 — 6 6 #11,200
2008 — 7 7 #10,047
2007 — 9 9 #8,306
2005 — 11 11 #6,731
2004 — 5 5 #11,602
2003 — 7 7 #8,789
2002 — 6 6 #9,591
2001 — 9 9 #7,049
2000 — 12 12 #5,664
1999 — 10 10 #6,167
1998 — 11 11 #5,548
1997 — 9 9 #6,224
1996 5 16 21 #4,078
1995 — 14 14 #4,352
1994 — 20 20 #3,378
1993 6 16 22 #3,882
1992 — 25 25 #2,778
1991 10 22 32 #2,940
1990 — 23 23 #2,808
1989 5 16 21 #3,522
1988 — 21 21 #2,710
1987 — 29 29 #2,086
1986 — 20 20 #2,635
1985 — 28 28 #2,043
1984 — 22 22 #2,327
1983 9 20 29 #2,448
1982 5 18 23 #2,645
1981 7 25 32 #2,113
1980 — 20 20 #2,484
1979 — 13 13 #3,264
1978 — 7 7 #4,737
1977 — 6 6 #5,386
1976 — 9 9 #3,853
1975 — 7 7 #4,518
1974 — 8 8 #3,991
1973 — 11 11 #3,120
1971 — 6 6 #4,642
1970 — 8 8 #3,707
1969 — 6 6 #4,195
1968 — 6 6 #3,940
1965 — 5 5 #4,234
1958 — 8 8 #3,219
1953 — 5 5 #4,201
1947 — 7 7 #3,344
1929 — 5 5 #4,542