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.

Thayer*

#3,864 most common boys' name of all time · #9,412 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1912–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#3,864
Rank overall
#9,412 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
106 of 146
All-time
1,437
Since 2016
316
Peak year
2014 #2,433
Best rank
#1,987 1918
Girls Boys peak 52/yr
192019401960198020002020

Thayer 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
2025 — 15 15 #5,899
2024 — 23 23 #4,446
2023 — 20 20 #4,910
2022 — 20 20 #4,866
2021 — 27 27 #3,920
2020 — 16 16 #5,479
2019 — 49 49 #2,631
2018 7 42 49 #2,856
2017 6 46 52 #2,682
2016 — 45 45 #2,697
2015 — 52 52 #2,436
2014 — 52 52 #2,433
2013 — 44 44 #2,679
2012 — 36 36 #3,131
2011 — 20 20 #4,678
2010 — 18 18 #5,069
2009 — 15 15 #5,828
2008 — 12 12 #6,810
2007 — 16 16 #5,462
2006 — 13 13 #6,131
2005 — 16 16 #5,063
2004 — 10 10 #7,035
2003 7 11 18 #6,300
2002 — 14 14 #5,159
2001 6 12 18 #5,702
2000 — 16 16 #4,602
1999 — 14 14 #4,800
1998 — 10 10 #5,893
1997 — 11 11 #5,335
1996 — 13 13 #4,654
1995 — 14 14 #4,321
1994 — 16 16 #3,932
1993 — 11 11 #5,060
1992 — 12 12 #4,615
1991 — 10 10 #5,160
1990 — 20 20 #3,083
1989 — 15 15 #3,660
1988 — 10 10 #4,510
1987 5 9 14 #4,657
1986 5 5 10 #6,886
1985 — 6 6 #5,881
1984 6 13 19 #3,307
1983 — 8 8 #4,578
1982 — 5 5 #6,531
1981 — 9 9 #4,226
1980 — 11 11 #3,672
1979 — 7 7 #4,934
1978 6 — 6 —
1977 — 9 9 #3,905
1976 5 5 10 #5,744
1975 — 8 8 #4,023
1974 — 7 7 #4,295
1973 — 8 8 #3,785
1972 — 11 11 #3,051
1971 — 6 6 #4,497
1970 — 11 11 #2,963
1969 — 12 12 #2,612
1968 — 6 6 #3,819
1967 — 8 8 #3,083
1966 — 10 10 #2,694
1965 — 12 12 #2,415
1964 — 7 7 #3,400
1963 — 13 13 #2,353
1962 6 9 15 #2,931
1961 5 7 12 #3,459
1958 — 6 6 #3,704
1957 — 9 9 #2,920
1956 — 7 7 #3,348
1954 — 5 5 #3,993
1953 — 6 6 #3,569
1951 — 8 8 #2,951
1950 — 7 7 #3,156
1949 — 5 5 #3,867
1948 — 8 8 #2,894
1947 5 — 5 —
1946 5 10 15 #2,489
1944 — 8 8 #2,749
1943 — 5 5 #3,723
1942 — 9 9 #2,634
1941 — 8 8 #2,791
1940 — 8 8 #2,770
1939 — 6 6 #3,276
1938 — 9 9 #2,581
1936 5 6 11 #3,325
1935 — 7 7 #3,104
1934 — 7 7 #3,118
1933 — 9 9 #2,663
1931 — 6 6 #3,533
1930 — 8 8 #3,161
1929 — 12 12 #2,401
1927 — 5 5 #4,362
1926 — 9 9 #3,030
1925 — 8 8 #3,264
1924 — 12 12 #2,581
1923 — 5 5 #4,422
1922 — 10 10 #2,914
1921 — 8 8 #3,329
1920 — 10 10 #2,879
1919 — 11 11 #2,608
1918 — 17 17 #1,987
1917 — 10 10 #2,678
1916 — 9 9 #2,845
1915 — 8 8 #2,949
1914 — 5 5 #3,451
1913 — 8 8 #2,242
1912 — 6 6 #2,530