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.

Terran**

#3,047 most common boys' name of all time · #7,384 across all names · 73% male / 27% female · used 1945–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#3,047
Rank overall
#7,384 of 105,966
First appeared
1945
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
2,102
Since 2016
217
Peak year
1985 #1,994
Best rank
#1,689 1992
Girls Boys peak 69/yr
1960198020002020

Terran first appears in 1945. 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 — 15 15 #5,932
2024 — 12 12 #6,900
2023 — 14 14 #6,279
2022 — 15 15 #5,931
2021 — 20 20 #4,815
2020 — 24 24 #4,168
2019 — 28 28 #3,819
2018 7 36 43 #3,187
2017 5 18 23 #5,156
2016 — 23 23 #4,356
2015 10 30 40 #3,612
2014 6 29 35 #3,637
2013 12 31 43 #3,426
2012 7 32 39 #3,387
2011 — 29 29 #3,624
2010 — 33 33 #3,324
2009 8 31 39 #3,498
2008 12 26 38 #3,952
2007 6 39 45 #2,986
2006 15 42 57 #2,755
2005 8 29 37 #3,406
2004 13 41 54 #2,608
2003 12 31 43 #3,070
2002 10 36 46 #2,653
2001 14 37 51 #2,580
2000 10 40 50 #2,397
1999 19 45 64 #2,112
1998 10 50 60 #1,939
1997 11 44 55 #2,037
1996 13 36 49 #2,273
1995 19 29 48 #2,574
1994 19 29 48 #2,578
1993 23 32 55 #2,370
1992 16 51 67 #1,689
1991 25 26 51 #2,641
1990 22 31 53 #2,281
1989 18 24 42 #2,654
1988 15 25 40 #2,410
1987 22 29 51 #2,090
1986 20 28 48 #2,073
1985 40 29 69 #1,994
1984 20 16 36 #2,883
1983 18 22 40 #2,310
1982 27 24 51 #2,184
1981 — 21 21 #2,382
1980 5 13 18 #3,334
1979 — 21 21 #2,352
1978 6 17 23 #2,618
1977 — 20 20 #2,321
1976 6 17 23 #2,556
1975 7 12 19 #3,178
1974 — 13 13 #2,885
1973 — 9 9 #3,575
1972 — 7 7 #4,204
1971 7 9 16 #3,540
1970 5 8 13 #3,721
1969 — 11 11 #2,792
1968 — 8 8 #3,268
1967 5 5 10 #4,333
1966 — 7 7 #3,451
1965 6 5 11 #4,260
1961 7 5 12 #4,463
1958 — 7 7 #3,505
1947 — 5 5 #4,222
1945 — 5 5 #3,780