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.

Slater

#2,780 most common boys' name of all time · #6,699 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among boys
#2,780
Rank overall
#6,699 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
2,445
Since 2016
1,062
Peak year
2025 #1,269
Best rank
#1,269 2025
Girls Boys peak 166/yr
192019401960198020002020

Slater first appears in 1915. 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 11 155 166 #1,269
2024 6 114 120 #1,547
2023 14 111 125 #1,572
2022 11 128 139 #1,429
2021 7 107 114 #1,601
2020 6 82 88 #1,822
2019 12 73 85 #2,002
2018 — 93 93 #1,696
2017 — 77 77 #1,887
2016 — 55 55 #2,371
2015 — 49 49 #2,539
2014 — 75 75 #1,928
2013 — 52 52 #2,405
2012 — 47 47 #2,601
2011 — 59 59 #2,208
2010 — 42 42 #2,837
2009 — 51 51 #2,494
2008 — 47 47 #2,643
2007 — 56 56 #2,312
2006 — 61 61 #2,128
2005 — 49 49 #2,371
2004 — 37 37 #2,802
2003 — 53 53 #2,107
2002 — 69 69 #1,696
2001 — 58 58 #1,900
2000 — 55 55 #1,903
1999 — 52 52 #1,884
1998 — 43 43 #2,134
1997 — 35 35 #2,357
1996 — 50 50 #1,826
1995 — 40 40 #2,072
1994 — 58 58 #1,588
1993 — 43 43 #1,919
1992 — 31 31 #2,385
1991 — 23 23 #2,856
1990 — 9 9 #5,466
1989 — 8 8 #5,757
1988 — 5 5 #7,475
1987 — 5 5 #7,172
1982 — 6 6 #5,795
1980 — 6 6 #5,704
1979 — 6 6 #5,528
1977 — 9 9 #3,934
1972 — 5 5 #5,216
1971 — 5 5 #5,127
1970 — 5 5 #4,960
1958 — 5 5 #4,201
1957 — 5 5 #4,257
1950 — 6 6 #3,545
1937 — 5 5 #3,840
1936 — 6 6 #3,442
1928 — 5 5 #4,491
1927 — 7 7 #3,686
1926 — 5 5 #4,544
1925 — 11 11 #2,741
1919 — 8 8 #3,346
1918 — 6 6 #4,038
1917 — 5 5 #4,335
1915 — 5 5 #4,354