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.

Thales

#16,001 most common boys' name of all time · #41,648 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2020

Rank among boys
#16,001
Rank overall
#41,648 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
93
Since 2016
24
Peak year
2009 #5,371
Best rank
#4,583 1917
Girls Boys peak 17/yr
192019401960198020002020

Thales first appears in 1917. 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
2020 — 6 6 #10,763
2019 — 6 6 #10,944
2017 — 6 6 #10,949
2016 — 6 6 #10,892
2014 — 8 8 #8,893
2013 — 5 5 #12,314
2012 — 5 5 #12,440
2011 — 6 6 #10,972
2010 — 11 11 #7,147
2009 — 17 17 #5,371
2008 — 7 7 #10,002
2000 — 5 5 #10,530
1917 — 5 5 #4,583