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.

Simpson

#5,934 most common boys' name of all time · #14,764 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1883–1992

Rank among boys
#5,934
Rank overall
#14,764 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
78 of 146
All-time
707
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #1,524
Best rank
#546 1884
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
19001920194019601980

Simpson first appears in 1883. 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
1992 5 5 #8,482
1991 6 6 #7,311
1989 9 9 #5,194
1988 5 5 #7,331
1986 8 8 #4,894
1985 7 7 #5,198
1983 6 6 #5,542
1978 6 6 #5,101
1977 6 6 #5,162
1976 5 5 #5,656
1974 5 5 #5,282
1973 5 5 #5,161
1971 5 5 #4,963
1969 6 6 #3,987
1968 5 5 #4,199
1965 5 5 #3,984
1964 5 5 #4,086
1962 5 5 #4,095
1960 8 8 #3,114
1959 7 7 #3,330
1958 5 5 #4,003
1957 9 9 #2,855
1956 6 6 #3,575
1955 7 7 #3,240
1954 5 5 #3,879
1952 6 6 #3,421
1951 5 5 #3,767
1950 6 6 #3,379
1949 5 5 #3,742
1948 10 10 #2,477
1947 13 13 #2,191
1946 7 7 #2,959
1945 6 6 #3,045
1944 9 9 #2,505
1943 12 12 #2,209
1942 11 11 #2,299
1941 10 10 #2,371
1940 9 9 #2,516
1939 11 11 #2,189
1938 5 5 #3,591
1937 7 7 #2,959
1935 10 10 #2,426
1934 8 8 #2,794
1933 7 7 #3,038
1932 8 8 #2,889
1931 7 7 #3,132
1929 10 10 #2,620
1928 12 12 #2,417
1927 8 8 #3,195
1926 15 15 #2,102
1925 17 17 #1,963
1924 16 16 #2,069
1923 10 10 #2,802
1922 20 20 #1,785
1921 25 25 #1,524
1920 15 15 #2,150
1919 21 21 #1,643
1918 22 22 #1,613
1917 15 15 #2,013
1916 14 14 #2,066
1915 21 21 #1,525
1914 15 15 #1,632
1913 10 10 #1,844
1912 16 16 #1,200
1911 7 7 #1,455
1910 7 7 #1,363
1909 6 6 #1,356
1908 5 5 #1,459
1907 8 8 #1,060
1899 5 5 #1,127
1898 6 6 #1,077
1897 5 5 #1,158
1896 11 11 #715
1892 5 5 #1,180
1887 7 7 #812
1886 11 11 #604
1884 13 13 #546
1883 6 6 #887