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.

Tevis*

#6,830 most common boys' name of all time · #17,152 across all names · 89% male / 11% female · used 1912–2017 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#6,830
Rank overall
#17,152 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
558
Since 2016
13
Peak year
1977 #2,157
Best rank
#2,157 1977
Girls Boys peak 22/yr
19201940196019802000

Tevis first appears in 1912. 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 #9,756
2016 — 6 6 #10,842
2012 — 7 7 #9,781
2010 — 6 6 #10,864
2009 — 6 6 #11,096
2008 — 9 9 #8,377
2007 — 7 7 #9,877
2005 — 9 9 #7,714
2004 — 9 9 #7,596
2003 — 10 10 #6,772
2002 — 7 7 #8,548
2001 — 9 9 #6,992
2000 — 10 10 #6,378
1999 — 15 15 #4,568
1998 — 13 13 #4,910
1997 — 14 14 #4,485
1996 — 12 12 #4,914
1995 — 16 16 #3,887
1994 — 18 18 #3,629
1993 — 17 17 #3,689
1992 — 16 16 #3,788
1991 — 16 16 #3,668
1990 — 15 15 #3,819
1989 — 17 17 #3,360
1988 — 16 16 #3,235
1987 — 8 8 #5,057
1986 — 9 9 #4,538
1985 — 10 10 #4,113
1984 — 11 11 #3,758
1983 — 9 9 #4,222
1982 — 11 11 #3,767
1981 5 9 14 #4,230
1980 — 12 12 #3,480
1979 — 12 12 #3,410
1978 5 10 15 #3,670
1977 — 22 22 #2,157
1976 — 9 9 #3,810
1975 — 5 5 #5,622
1974 — 7 7 #4,298
1973 — 6 6 #4,641
1972 5 9 14 #3,432
1971 5 7 12 #4,082
1970 8 — 8 —
1968 7 8 15 #3,192
1965 — 5 5 #4,075
1960 6 7 13 #3,460
1957 6 — 6 —
1953 — 5 5 #3,993
1951 — 6 6 #3,512
1936 — 5 5 #3,754
1922 5 — 5 —
1917 7 — 7 —
1914 5 — 5 —
1912 — 5 5 #2,888