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.

Sears

#17,849 most common boys' name of all time · #46,735 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1911–1963

Rank among boys
#17,849
Rank overall
#46,735 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
68
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #3,303
Best rank
#1,985 1911
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
192019401960

Sears first appears in 1911. 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
1963 — 5 5 #4,203
1953 — 5 5 #3,957
1945 — 5 5 #3,501
1943 — 5 5 #3,693
1937 — 7 7 #3,018
1921 — 8 8 #3,303
1920 — 5 5 #4,446
1919 — 6 6 #3,857
1917 — 5 5 #4,138
1915 — 5 5 #3,955
1914 — 7 7 #2,770
1911 — 5 5 #1,985