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.

Shankar

#16,904 most common boys' name of all time · #44,079 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1985–2018

Rank among boys
#16,904
Rank overall
#44,079 of 105,966
First appeared
1985
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
80
Since 2016
18
Peak year
1997 #6,432
Best rank
#6,432 1997
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
2000

Shankar first appears in 1985. 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
2018 — 6 6 #11,211
2017 — 6 6 #11,321
2016 — 6 6 #11,233
2012 — 5 5 #12,898
2004 — 5 5 #12,068
2002 — 7 7 #8,915
2000 — 6 6 #9,713
1999 — 9 9 #6,871
1997 — 9 9 #6,432
1996 — 5 5 #9,791
1993 — 6 6 #8,327
1989 — 5 5 #8,819
1985 — 5 5 #7,561