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.

Square

#16,642 most common boys' name of all time · #43,519 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1893–1943

Rank among boys
#16,642
Rank overall
#43,519 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
83
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1914 #2,338
Best rank
#1,178 1893
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
190019201940

Square first appears in 1893. 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
1943 — 6 6 #3,302
1933 — 5 5 #3,731
1931 — 7 7 #3,154
1930 — 5 5 #4,090
1926 — 5 5 #4,295
1924 — 8 8 #3,311
1920 — 5 5 #4,381
1919 — 5 5 #4,258
1918 — 6 6 #3,784
1917 — 7 7 #3,270
1915 — 5 5 #3,907
1914 — 9 9 #2,338
1913 — 5 5 #2,926
1893 — 5 5 #1,178