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.

Shown*

#16,819 most common boys' name of all time · #43,896 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1968–1994 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#16,819
Rank overall
#43,896 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
11 of 146
All-time
81
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1970 #4,620
Best rank
#3,128 1971
Girls Boys peak 12/yr
1980

Shown first appears in 1968. 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
1994 — 5 5 #9,204
1990 — 5 5 #8,613
1978 — 5 5 #6,287
1976 — 7 7 #4,765
1975 — 7 7 #4,654
1974 — 9 9 #3,778
1972 — 8 8 #3,894
1971 — 11 11 #3,128
1970 6 6 12 #4,620
1969 — 5 5 #4,921
1968 — 7 7 #3,669