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.

Sharrod

#6,798 most common boys' name of all time · #17,061 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1972–2020

Rank among boys
#6,798
Rank overall
#17,061 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
563
Since 2016
15
Peak year
1979 #2,227
Best rank
#2,227 1979
Girls Boys peak 23/yr
198020002020

Sharrod first appears in 1972. 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
2020 — 5 5 #12,421
2019 — 5 5 #12,552
2016 — 5 5 #12,607
2015 — 5 5 #12,492
2014 — 10 10 #7,740
2013 — 10 10 #7,712
2012 — 8 8 #9,076
2011 — 11 11 #7,147
2010 — 14 14 #6,129
2009 — 14 14 #6,204
2008 — 11 11 #7,334
2007 — 10 10 #7,770
2006 — 7 7 #9,879
2005 — 11 11 #6,782
2004 — 7 7 #9,232
2003 — 13 13 #5,682
2002 — 8 8 #7,882
2001 — 15 15 #5,006
2000 — 13 13 #5,405
1999 — 11 11 #5,805
1998 — 15 15 #4,513
1997 — 13 13 #4,791
1996 — 14 14 #4,487
1995 — 10 10 #5,690
1994 — 12 12 #4,962
1993 — 20 20 #3,312
1992 — 18 18 #3,552
1991 — 17 17 #3,574
1990 — 17 17 #3,561
1989 — 15 15 #3,749
1988 — 20 20 #2,832
1987 — 13 13 #3,658
1986 — 14 14 #3,391
1985 — 12 12 #3,754
1984 — 10 10 #4,124
1983 — 11 11 #3,820
1982 — 12 12 #3,635
1981 — 14 14 #3,190
1980 — 11 11 #3,786
1979 — 23 23 #2,227
1978 — 12 12 #3,374
1977 — 14 14 #3,016
1976 — 5 5 #6,135
1975 — 8 8 #4,237
1974 — 12 12 #3,110
1973 — 16 16 #2,511
1972 — 12 12 #2,990