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.

Terris*

#4,866 most common boys' name of all time · #12,025 across all names · 85% male / 15% female · used 1945–2017 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#4,866
Rank overall
#12,025 of 105,966
First appeared
1945
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
980
Since 2016
7
Peak year
1979 #2,274
Best rank
#1,690 1970
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
196019802000

Terris 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
2017 7 7 #9,853
2014 7 7 #9,811
2013 8 8 #8,948
2011 7 7 #9,793
2009 6 8 14 #9,140
2008 13 13 #6,464
2007 10 10 #7,700
2006 9 9 #8,123
2005 16 16 #5,096
2004 14 14 #5,578
2003 8 8 #8,018
2001 16 16 #4,728
2000 17 17 #4,443
1999 15 15 #4,590
1998 13 13 #4,947
1997 5 9 14 #6,237
1996 6 10 16 #5,657
1995 10 10 #5,620
1994 7 11 18 #5,207
1993 12 12 #4,795
1992 20 20 #3,266
1991 14 14 #4,086
1990 5 13 18 #4,262
1989 22 22 #2,832
1988 5 17 22 #3,135
1987 8 8 #5,143
1986 10 10 #4,257
1985 14 14 #3,305
1984 14 14 #3,186
1983 11 11 #3,750
1982 22 22 #2,312
1981 21 21 #2,383
1980 17 17 #2,780
1979 7 22 29 #2,274
1978 25 25 #1,993
1977 20 20 #2,322
1976 6 21 27 #2,216
1975 13 13 #2,993
1974 5 11 16 #3,229
1973 13 13 #2,804
1972 16 16 #2,385
1971 25 25 #1,812
1970 27 27 #1,690
1969 15 15 #2,291
1968 11 11 #2,695
1967 6 10 16 #2,720
1966 7 10 17 #2,742
1965 6 10 16 #2,737
1964 9 9 18 #3,011
1963 6 9 15 #3,016
1962 5 12 17 #2,486
1961 5 11 16 #2,676
1960 7 7 14 #3,597
1959 6 9 15 #2,995
1958 5 11 16 #2,622
1957 6 6 #3,899
1956 7 12 19 #2,488
1955 7 8 15 #3,176
1954 5 10 15 #2,730
1953 9 9 #2,894
1952 7 7 #3,345
1951 5 6 11 #3,682
1950 8 8 #3,013
1949 15 15 #2,021
1948 5 5 #4,146
1947 6 6 #3,710
1946 5 5
1945 5 5 #3,781