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.

Sergei

#8,536 most common boys' name of all time · #21,587 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1925–2025

Rank among boys
#8,536
Rank overall
#21,587 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
376
Since 2016
32
Peak year
1998 #4,245
Best rank
#3,058 1952
Girls Boys peak 16/yr
19401960198020002020

Sergei first appears in 1925. 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 — 5 5 #12,209
2021 — 8 8 #8,946
2020 — 5 5 #12,251
2018 — 6 6 #10,931
2016 — 8 8 #8,927
2015 — 5 5 #12,317
2014 — 11 11 #7,132
2012 — 7 7 #9,852
2010 — 13 13 #6,421
2009 — 7 7 #10,006
2008 — 7 7 #10,037
2007 — 8 8 #9,045
2006 — 11 11 #6,998
2005 — 10 10 #7,201
2004 — 8 8 #8,281
2003 — 8 8 #7,995
2002 — 8 8 #7,782
2001 — 6 6 #9,440
2000 — 13 13 #5,353
1999 — 12 12 #5,384
1998 — 16 16 #4,245
1997 — 13 13 #4,735
1996 — 13 13 #4,681
1995 — 5 5 #9,111
1994 — 6 6 #7,969
1992 — 9 9 #5,773
1991 — 5 5 #8,529
1990 — 5 5 #8,423
1989 — 5 5 #8,188
1985 — 5 5 #6,824
1981 — 6 6 #5,720
1980 — 5 5 #6,565
1975 — 8 8 #4,095
1974 — 5 5 #5,490
1972 — 5 5 #5,285
1971 — 7 7 #4,167
1970 — 8 8 #3,696
1967 — 7 7 #3,429
1966 — 5 5 #4,279
1963 — 5 5 #4,394
1962 — 6 6 #3,879
1961 — 8 8 #3,271
1959 — 6 6 #3,877
1958 — 6 6 #3,834
1955 — 5 5 #4,254
1953 — 6 6 #3,693
1952 — 8 8 #3,058
1951 — 5 5 #4,112
1946 — 5 5 #3,921
1942 — 6 6 #3,521
1925 — 6 6 #4,187