Socrates
#5,828 most common boys' name of all time · #14,527 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2022
Rank among boys
#5,828
Rank overall
#14,527 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
81 of 146
All-time
725
Since 2016
37
Peak year
1922 #2,031
Best rank
#1,993 1931
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Socrates first appears in 1914. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,304 |
| 2021 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,903 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,167 |
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,285 |
| 2018 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,886 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,676 |
| 2014 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,624 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,778 |
| 2012 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,947 |
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,707 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,887 |
| 2009 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,287 |
| 2008 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,238 |
| 2007 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,996 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,688 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,734 |
| 2004 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,187 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,127 |
| 2001 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,714 |
| 2000 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,642 |
| 1999 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,577 |
| 1998 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,688 |
| 1997 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,715 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,583 |
| 1995 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,188 |
| 1994 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,164 |
| 1993 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,837 |
| 1992 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,621 |
| 1991 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,178 |
| 1990 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1989 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,252 |
| 1988 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,235 |
| 1987 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,323 |
| 1986 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,875 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,721 |
| 1983 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,700 |
| 1982 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,172 |
| 1981 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,622 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,689 |
| 1979 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,965 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,261 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,720 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,112 |
| 1975 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,752 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,785 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,297 |
| 1972 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,058 |
| 1971 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,760 |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,964 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,103 |
| 1968 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,995 |
| 1965 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,883 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,787 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,186 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,804 |
| 1957 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,410 |
| 1940 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,346 |
| 1936 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,401 |
| 1935 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,228 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,950 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,525 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,043 |
| 1931 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,993 |
| 1930 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1929 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1928 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,018 |
| 1927 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,865 |
| 1926 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,698 |
| 1925 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,720 |
| 1924 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,977 |
| 1923 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,587 |
| 1922 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,031 |
| 1921 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,958 |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,059 |
| 1919 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,320 |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,601 |
| 1917 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,914 |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,222 |
| 1915 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,307 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,728 |