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.

Shamon*

#5,496 most common boys' name of all time · #13,642 across all names · 82% male / 18% female · used 1969–2023 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#5,496
Rank overall
#13,642 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
799
Since 2016
45
Peak year
1997 #2,793
Best rank
#2,549 1978
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
198020002020

Shamon first appears in 1969. 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
2023 — 5 5 #12,600
2022 — 6 6 #11,142
2021 — 7 7 #9,932
2020 — 10 10 #7,651
2018 — 7 7 #9,893
2017 — 5 5 #12,607
2016 — 5 5 #12,558
2015 — 8 8 #8,953
2014 — 11 11 #7,193
2013 — 7 7 #9,905
2012 — 7 7 #9,928
2011 — 16 16 #5,495
2010 — 6 6 #11,061
2009 — 10 10 #7,865
2008 — 15 15 #5,861
2007 — 11 11 #7,241
2006 — 21 21 #4,429
2005 — 12 12 #6,340
2004 — 19 19 #4,492
2003 — 24 24 #3,672
2002 — 20 20 #4,104
2001 — 19 19 #4,188
2000 — 23 23 #3,581
1999 5 26 31 #3,139
1998 — 33 33 #2,575
1997 5 28 33 #2,793
1996 — 17 17 #3,917
1995 — 11 11 #5,273
1994 — 10 10 #5,621
1993 — 9 9 #5,947
1992 5 16 21 #3,845
1991 10 12 22 #4,610
1990 — 17 17 #3,546
1989 6 — 6 —
1988 6 7 13 #6,063
1987 9 8 17 #5,236
1986 — 10 10 #4,322
1985 7 12 19 #3,727
1984 — 13 13 #3,403
1983 — 5 5 #6,755
1982 7 9 16 #4,457
1981 10 10 20 #4,052
1980 7 18 25 #2,709
1979 8 14 22 #3,131
1978 13 18 31 #2,549
1977 8 14 22 #3,007
1976 6 13 19 #3,058
1975 — 16 16 #2,624
1974 — 11 11 #3,288
1973 9 10 19 #3,417
1972 — 10 10 #3,309
1971 — 8 8 #3,910
1970 11 — 11 —
1969 8 — 8 —