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.

Shoji

#13,926 most common boys' name of all time · #35,985 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1913–1945

Rank among boys
#13,926
Rank overall
#35,985 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
9 of 146
All-time
134
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1927 #725
Best rank
#725 1927
Girls Boys peak 81/yr
19201940

Shoji first appears in 1913. 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
1945 — 5 5 #3,548
1932 — 6 6 #3,561
1929 — 8 8 #3,142
1928 — 6 6 #3,882
1927 — 81 81 #725
1924 — 8 8 #3,392
1922 — 5 5 #4,501
1917 — 9 9 #2,880
1913 — 6 6 #2,798