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.

Skip

#3,038 most common boys' name of all time · #7,357 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1930–2025

Rank among boys
#3,038
Rank overall
#7,357 of 105,966
First appeared
1930
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
2,116
Since 2016
98
Peak year
1960 #756
Best rank
#756 1960
📖The word “skip” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 105/yr
19401960198020002020

Skip first appears in 1930. 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 — 13 13 #6,512
2024 — 13 13 #6,537
2023 — 8 8 #9,036
2022 — 15 15 #5,926
2021 — 10 10 #7,680
2020 — 10 10 #7,599
2019 — 7 7 #9,911
2018 — 8 8 #8,920
2017 — 5 5 #12,491
2016 — 9 9 #8,257
2014 — 6 6 #10,895
2012 — 5 5 #12,502
2010 — 5 5 #12,477
2005 — 5 5 #11,729
1996 — 6 6 #8,181
1993 — 6 6 #7,878
1992 — 6 6 #7,679
1991 — 8 8 #6,084
1990 — 7 7 #6,606
1989 — 10 10 #4,913
1988 — 11 11 #4,271
1987 — 5 5 #7,269
1986 — 14 14 #3,329
1985 — 13 13 #3,487
1984 — 15 15 #3,020
1983 — 31 31 #1,805
1982 — 27 27 #2,027
1981 — 32 32 #1,798
1980 — 29 29 #1,946
1979 — 26 26 #2,023
1978 — 21 21 #2,250
1977 — 30 30 #1,762
1976 — 22 22 #2,148
1975 — 26 26 #1,865
1974 — 29 29 #1,682
1973 — 22 22 #1,962
1972 — 29 29 #1,635
1971 — 26 26 #1,769
1970 — 29 29 #1,609
1969 — 25 25 #1,670
1968 — 32 32 #1,386
1967 — 37 37 #1,251
1966 — 31 31 #1,396
1965 — 46 46 #1,103
1964 — 53 53 #1,042
1963 — 54 54 #1,036
1962 — 67 67 #929
1961 — 68 68 #932
1960 — 105 105 #756
1959 — 83 83 #836
1958 — 93 93 #775
1957 — 66 66 #934
1956 — 67 67 #916
1955 — 71 71 #884
1954 — 53 53 #1,037
1953 — 63 63 #907
1952 — 56 56 #964
1951 — 72 72 #832
1950 — 43 43 #1,085
1949 — 51 51 #984
1948 — 46 46 #1,046
1947 — 58 58 #922
1946 — 34 34 #1,216
1945 — 28 28 #1,269
1944 — 25 25 #1,368
1943 — 19 19 #1,697
1942 — 13 13 #2,140
1941 — 14 14 #1,994
1940 — 8 8 #2,859
1939 — 6 6 #3,462
1938 — 6 6 #3,516
1937 — 7 7 #3,167
1935 — 5 5 #4,106
1932 — 7 7 #3,355
1930 — 5 5 #4,539