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.

Singleton

#17,108 most common boys' name of all time · #44,716 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1891–1951

Rank among boys
#17,108
Rank overall
#44,716 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
77
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1919 #2,717
Best rank
#1,127 1891
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
190019201940

Singleton first appears in 1891. 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
1951 — 5 5 #3,794
1949 — 5 5 #3,775
1937 — 5 5 #3,611
1924 — 6 6 #3,945
1923 — 6 6 #3,889
1922 — 5 5 #4,386
1921 — 5 5 #4,391
1920 — 5 5 #4,373
1919 — 10 10 #2,717
1916 — 5 5 #3,988
1915 — 9 9 #2,680
1914 — 6 6 #2,992
1891 — 5 5 #1,127