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.

Terril*

#6,585 most common boys' name of all time · #16,491 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1932–2001 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#6,585
Rank overall
#16,491 of 105,966
First appeared
1932
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
596
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1948 #2,114
Best rank
#1,769 1945
Girls Boys peak 22/yr
1940196019802000

Terril first appears in 1932. 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
2001 — 5 5 #10,826
1998 — 6 6 #8,686
1997 — 5 5 #9,517
1995 — 7 7 #7,166
1994 — 5 5 #9,059
1992 — 7 7 #6,838
1991 — 12 12 #4,557
1990 — 10 10 #5,112
1989 — 11 11 #4,608
1988 — 11 11 #4,273
1987 — 6 6 #6,349
1986 — 6 6 #6,187
1985 — 7 7 #5,362
1984 — 7 7 #5,183
1983 — 9 9 #4,297
1982 — 6 6 #5,867
1981 — 6 6 #5,737
1979 — 7 7 #5,027
1978 — 6 6 #5,308
1976 — 10 10 #3,574
1975 — 6 6 #5,063
1974 — 6 6 #4,874
1973 — 11 11 #3,121
1972 — 8 8 #3,792
1971 — 8 8 #3,818
1970 — 9 9 #3,411
1969 — 9 9 #3,217
1968 — 9 9 #3,035
1967 — 9 9 #2,903
1966 — 9 9 #2,925
1965 — 13 13 #2,349
1964 — 8 8 #3,218
1963 7 5 12 #4,415
1962 — 5 5 #4,408
1961 7 7 14 #3,562
1960 7 13 20 #2,400
1959 5 13 18 #2,391
1958 — 7 7 #3,489
1957 6 14 20 #2,263
1956 — 6 6 #3,825
1955 6 12 18 #2,413
1954 6 8 14 #3,138
1953 7 7 14 #3,371
1952 — 10 10 #2,662
1951 — 8 8 #3,043
1950 7 9 16 #2,752
1949 5 11 16 #2,448
1948 8 14 22 #2,114
1947 7 9 16 #2,849
1946 5 16 21 #1,881
1945 — 16 16 #1,769
1944 — 7 7 #3,099
1943 — 10 10 #2,555
1942 — 10 10 #2,517
1941 — 10 10 #2,484
1940 — 13 13 #2,078
1938 — 8 8 #2,861
1934 — 5 5 #4,166
1932 — 6 6 #3,775