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.

Shem

#5,683 most common boys' name of all time · #14,162 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1954–2025

Rank among boys
#5,683
Rank overall
#14,162 of 105,966
First appeared
1954
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
755
Since 2016
137
Peak year
1976 #2,096
Best rank
#2,096 1976
Girls Boys peak 23/yr
1960198020002020

Shem first appears in 1954. 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 — 10 10 #7,782
2024 — 13 13 #6,551
2023 — 12 12 #6,982
2022 — 17 17 #5,489
2021 — 13 13 #6,413
2020 — 12 12 #6,714
2019 — 16 16 #5,622
2018 — 17 17 #5,380
2017 — 16 16 #5,595
2016 — 11 11 #7,246
2015 — 17 17 #5,345
2014 — 16 16 #5,534
2013 — 16 16 #5,462
2012 — 7 7 #9,885
2011 — 7 7 #9,812
2010 — 7 7 #9,885
2009 — 10 10 #7,826
2008 — 8 8 #9,185
2007 — 13 13 #6,346
2006 — 14 14 #5,860
2005 — 15 15 #5,338
2004 — 12 12 #6,228
2003 — 11 11 #6,360
2002 — 10 10 #6,654
2001 — 6 6 #9,495
2000 — 14 14 #5,115
1999 — 12 12 #5,404
1998 — 11 11 #5,578
1997 — 6 6 #8,398
1996 — 8 8 #6,657
1995 — 13 13 #4,605
1994 — 9 9 #6,021
1993 — 10 10 #5,495
1992 — 13 13 #4,406
1991 — 16 16 #3,709
1990 — 12 12 #4,510
1989 — 6 6 #7,288
1988 — 15 15 #3,443
1987 — 14 14 #3,430
1986 — 10 10 #4,280
1985 — 8 8 #4,891
1984 — 10 10 #4,059
1983 — 15 15 #3,003
1982 — 17 17 #2,778
1981 — 18 18 #2,632
1980 — 10 10 #3,984
1979 — 14 14 #3,103
1978 — 23 23 #2,110
1977 — 21 21 #2,248
1976 — 23 23 #2,096
1975 — 13 13 #3,006
1974 — 12 12 #3,061
1973 — 16 16 #2,486
1972 — 17 17 #2,308
1971 — 9 9 #3,559
1970 5 8 13 #3,741
1969 — 8 8 #3,522
1968 — 9 9 #3,062
1966 — 7 7 #3,481
1965 — 6 6 #3,836
1960 — 6 6 #3,969
1954 — 5 5 #4,350