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.

Tj

#3,009 most common boys' name of all time · #7,283 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among boys
#3,009
Rank overall
#7,283 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
2,149
Since 2016
312
Peak year
1988 #1,176
Best rank
#1,176 1988
Girls Boys peak 74/yr
192019401960198020002020

Tj 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
2025 — 26 26 #4,068
2024 — 28 28 #3,910
2023 — 34 34 #3,433
2022 — 32 32 #3,551
2021 — 33 33 #3,447
2020 — 32 32 #3,428
2019 — 32 32 #3,504
2018 — 32 32 #3,462
2017 — 27 27 #3,904
2016 — 36 36 #3,174
2015 — 35 35 #3,241
2014 — 39 39 #2,940
2013 — 39 39 #2,913
2012 — 44 44 #2,728
2011 — 36 36 #3,125
2010 — 31 31 #3,464
2009 — 42 42 #2,857
2008 — 32 32 #3,432
2007 — 38 38 #3,041
2006 — 40 40 #2,839
2005 — 42 42 #2,622
2004 — 33 33 #3,029
2003 — 48 48 #2,244
2002 — 31 31 #2,962
2001 — 40 40 #2,443
2000 — 35 35 #2,638
1999 — 37 37 #2,417
1998 — 33 33 #2,562
1997 — 44 44 #2,032
1996 — 26 26 #2,857
1995 — 47 47 #1,850
1994 — 39 39 #2,098
1993 — 41 41 #1,983
1992 — 57 57 #1,558
1991 — 53 53 #1,597
1990 — 43 43 #1,820
1989 — 60 60 #1,419
1988 — 74 74 #1,176
1987 — 63 63 #1,225
1986 5 49 54 #1,425
1985 5 49 54 #1,405
1984 — 42 42 #1,496
1983 — 58 58 #1,195
1982 — 57 57 #1,236
1981 — 44 44 #1,444
1980 — 38 38 #1,576
1979 — 38 38 #1,552
1978 — 30 30 #1,779
1977 — 24 24 #2,038
1976 — 26 26 #1,907
1975 — 25 25 #1,916
1974 — 14 14 #2,735
1973 — 10 10 #3,339
1972 — 14 14 #2,593
1971 — 10 10 #3,256
1970 — 13 13 #2,682
1969 — 8 8 #3,446
1968 — 5 5 #4,403
1967 — 6 6 #3,773
1966 — 10 10 #2,719
1965 — 10 10 #2,707
1964 — 7 7 #3,462
1923 — 7 7 #3,764
1921 — 6 6 #4,208
1917 — 5 5 #4,586