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.

Sullivan*

#888 most common boys' name of all time · #2,035 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1884–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#888
Rank overall
#2,035 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
127 of 146
All-time
17,077
Since 2016
9,578
Peak year
2025 #314
Best rank
#314 2025
Girls Boys peak 1,157/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Sullivan first appears in 1884. 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 74 1,083 1,157 #314
2024 102 1,016 1,118 #339
2023 85 918 1,003 #358
2022 87 901 988 #366
2021 81 876 957 #372
2020 77 770 847 #398
2019 74 778 852 #401
2018 83 822 905 #388
2017 91 797 888 #401
2016 80 783 863 #409
2015 70 667 737 #455
2014 49 634 683 #462
2013 53 540 593 #503
2012 48 548 596 #489
2011 29 488 517 #523
2010 28 371 399 #647
2009 38 380 418 #653
2008 22 332 354 #705
2007 37 314 351 #730
2006 29 203 232 #930
2005 22 190 212 #926
2004 18 177 195 #950
2003 20 171 191 #956
2002 29 159 188 #988
2001 13 124 137 #1,129
2000 19 85 104 #1,450
1999 19 81 100 #1,439
1998 11 86 97 #1,359
1997 11 69 80 #1,510
1996 10 67 77 #1,503
1995 14 58 72 #1,590
1994 9 32 41 #2,394
1993 10 52 62 #1,685
1992 — 34 34 #2,217
1991 — 30 30 #2,350
1990 — 26 26 #2,564
1989 — 14 14 #3,829
1988 — 10 10 #4,476
1986 — 9 9 #4,491
1985 — 5 5 #6,589
1984 — 7 7 #5,020
1983 — 11 11 #3,659
1982 — 8 8 #4,627
1981 — 10 10 #3,886
1980 — 9 9 #4,169
1979 — 7 7 #4,884
1978 — 7 7 #4,603
1977 — 8 8 #4,201
1976 — 9 9 #3,763
1975 — 10 10 #3,457
1974 — 8 8 #3,882
1973 — 6 6 #4,566
1972 — 11 11 #3,015
1971 — 9 9 #3,406
1970 — 11 11 #2,927
1969 — 8 8 #3,353
1968 — 9 9 #2,938
1967 — 7 7 #3,276
1966 — 7 7 #3,288
1965 — 15 15 #2,111
1964 — 8 8 #3,081
1963 — 9 9 #2,891
1962 — 6 6 #3,680
1961 — 6 6 #3,706
1960 — 10 10 #2,727
1959 — 10 10 #2,692
1958 — 9 9 #2,856
1957 — 17 17 #1,968
1956 — 8 8 #3,006
1955 — 15 15 #2,079
1954 — 14 14 #2,142
1953 — 12 12 #2,313
1952 — 18 18 #1,825
1951 — 15 15 #1,997
1950 — 11 11 #2,342
1949 — 16 16 #1,892
1948 — 15 15 #1,963
1947 — 11 11 #2,385
1946 — 20 20 #1,611
1945 — 16 16 #1,722
1944 — 11 11 #2,225
1943 — 8 8 #2,785
1941 — 9 9 #2,527
1940 — 8 8 #2,713
1939 — 11 11 #2,194
1938 — 7 7 #2,926
1937 — 8 8 #2,722
1936 — 16 16 #1,751
1935 — 8 8 #2,770
1934 — 13 13 #2,042
1933 — 10 10 #2,400
1932 — 15 15 #1,944
1931 — 13 13 #2,142
1930 — 9 9 #2,833
1929 — 10 10 #2,623
1928 — 7 7 #3,398
1927 — 17 17 #1,980
1926 — 12 12 #2,461
1925 — 19 19 #1,831
1924 — 15 15 #2,161
1923 — 15 15 #2,153
1922 — 17 17 #1,973
1921 — 14 14 #2,296
1920 — 15 15 #2,153
1919 — 16 16 #2,008
1918 — 18 18 #1,851
1917 — 18 18 #1,774
1916 — 13 13 #2,174
1915 — 10 10 #2,484
1914 — 12 12 #1,895
1913 — 9 9 #1,988
1912 — 11 11 #1,564
1911 — 9 9 #1,244
1910 — 6 6 #1,487
1900 — 10 10 #891
1899 — 9 9 #772
1898 — 7 7 #970
1896 — 6 6 #1,062
1894 — 7 7 #929
1893 — 5 5 #1,126
1892 — 11 11 #683
1891 — 8 8 #763
1890 — 10 10 #662
1889 — 10 10 #672
1888 — 8 8 #807
1886 — 5 5 #1,063
1884 — 7 7 #845