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.

Taft

#3,672 most common boys' name of all time · #8,951 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1907–2025

Rank among boys
#3,672
Rank overall
#8,951 of 105,966
First appeared
1907
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
1,544
Since 2016
137
Peak year
1908 #273
Best rank
#273 1908
Girls Boys peak 62/yr
192019401960198020002020

Taft first appears in 1907. 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 — 10 10 #7,718
2024 — 8 8 #9,042
2023 — 10 10 #7,770
2022 — 7 7 #9,877
2021 — 19 19 #4,952
2020 — 15 15 #5,714
2019 — 12 12 #6,804
2018 — 20 20 #4,759
2017 — 14 14 #6,078
2016 — 22 22 #4,481
2015 — 21 21 #4,557
2014 — 15 15 #5,754
2013 — 17 17 #5,192
2012 — 12 12 #6,653
2011 — 9 9 #8,129
2010 — 19 19 #4,862
2009 — 18 18 #5,120
2008 — 9 9 #8,366
2007 — 8 8 #8,968
2006 — 5 5 #12,153
2005 — 12 12 #6,254
2003 — 10 10 #6,765
2002 — 12 12 #5,755
2001 — 9 9 #6,984
2000 — 10 10 #6,362
1998 — 5 5 #9,727
1997 — 7 7 #7,344
1996 — 6 6 #8,046
1995 — 6 6 #7,873
1994 — 9 9 #5,920
1993 — 9 9 #5,811
1992 — 10 10 #5,280
1991 — 11 11 #4,810
1990 — 12 12 #4,444
1989 — 11 11 #4,566
1988 — 12 12 #3,941
1987 — 11 11 #4,003
1986 — 10 10 #4,180
1985 — 7 7 #5,238
1984 — 12 12 #3,514
1983 — 7 7 #4,982
1982 — 8 8 #4,654
1981 — 6 6 #5,567
1980 — 5 5 #6,374
1979 — 9 9 #4,129
1978 — 5 5 #5,882
1977 — 9 9 #3,898
1976 — 6 6 #5,046
1975 — 16 16 #2,568
1973 — 15 15 #2,545
1972 — 12 12 #2,860
1971 — 17 17 #2,298
1970 — 8 8 #3,604
1969 — 9 9 #3,140
1968 — 17 17 #1,991
1967 — 12 12 #2,396
1966 — 8 8 #3,075
1965 — 12 12 #2,406
1964 — 15 15 #2,160
1963 — 11 11 #2,586
1962 — 14 14 #2,226
1961 — 13 13 #2,362
1960 — 15 15 #2,167
1959 — 9 9 #2,891
1958 — 16 16 #2,061
1957 — 15 15 #2,138
1956 — 15 15 #2,131
1955 — 14 14 #2,176
1954 — 16 16 #1,995
1953 — 17 17 #1,937
1952 — 12 12 #2,299
1951 — 7 7 #3,161
1950 — 10 10 #2,505
1949 — 22 22 #1,602
1948 — 12 12 #2,265
1947 — 16 16 #1,962
1946 — 9 9 #2,607
1945 — 17 17 #1,669
1944 — 12 12 #2,140
1943 — 16 16 #1,880
1942 — 12 12 #2,209
1941 — 21 21 #1,513
1940 — 15 15 #1,853
1939 — 8 8 #2,690
1938 — 19 19 #1,593
1937 — 18 18 #1,677
1936 — 13 13 #2,021
1935 — 14 14 #1,985
1934 — 21 21 #1,534
1933 — 11 11 #2,290
1932 — 22 22 #1,534
1931 — 12 12 #2,269
1930 — 17 17 #1,856
1929 — 20 20 #1,707
1928 — 13 13 #2,331
1927 — 8 8 #3,236
1926 — 8 8 #3,206
1925 — 7 7 #3,497
1923 — 7 7 #3,555
1922 — 5 5 #4,425
1920 — 6 6 #3,912
1919 — 12 12 #2,443
1918 — 5 5 #4,294
1917 — 11 11 #2,490
1916 — 14 14 #2,102
1915 — 17 17 #1,757
1914 — 21 21 #1,334
1913 — 22 22 #1,108
1912 — 22 22 #998
1911 — 23 23 #666
1910 — 45 45 #395
1909 — 52 52 #320
1908 — 62 62 #273
1907 — 16 16 #663