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.

Shanga*

#20,896 most common boys' name of all time · #54,955 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1976–1983 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#20,896
Rank overall
#54,955 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
4 of 146
All-time
41
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1979 #2,891
Best rank
#2,891 1979
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
1980

Shanga first appears in 1976. 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
1983 — 6 6 #6,028
1979 5 16 21 #2,891
1978 — 8 8 #4,522
1976 — 6 6 #5,570