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.

Trapper

#4,833 most common boys' name of all time · #11,936 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1975–2025

Rank among boys
#4,833
Rank overall
#11,936 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
992
Since 2016
226
Peak year
2011 #2,881
Best rank
#1,723 1981
Girls Boys peak 41/yr
198020002020

Trapper first appears in 1975. 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 — 13 13 #6,562
2024 — 21 21 #4,770
2023 — 30 30 #3,759
2022 — 15 15 #5,969
2021 — 21 21 #4,685
2020 — 25 25 #4,070
2019 — 18 18 #5,215
2018 — 25 25 #4,141
2017 — 23 23 #4,384
2016 — 35 35 #3,263
2015 — 28 28 #3,824
2014 — 35 35 #3,195
2013 — 31 31 #3,443
2012 — 37 37 #3,090
2011 — 41 41 #2,881
2010 — 21 21 #4,583
2009 — 26 26 #3,974
2008 — 34 34 #3,317
2007 — 35 35 #3,219
2006 — 18 18 #4,964
2005 — 24 24 #3,878
2004 — 28 28 #3,421
2003 — 30 30 #3,158
2002 — 20 20 #4,116
2001 — 23 23 #3,670
2000 — 19 19 #4,140
1999 — 8 8 #7,426
1998 — 12 12 #5,313
1997 — 13 13 #4,808
1996 — 14 14 #4,506
1995 — 5 5 #9,380
1994 — 12 12 #4,984
1993 — 9 9 #6,012
1992 — 8 8 #6,408
1991 — 8 8 #6,233
1990 — 6 6 #7,610
1989 — 9 9 #5,445
1988 — 7 7 #6,159
1987 — 11 11 #4,185
1986 — 10 10 #4,384
1985 — 11 11 #4,010
1984 — 17 17 #2,813
1983 — 16 16 #2,899
1982 — 22 22 #2,337
1981 — 34 34 #1,723
1980 — 32 32 #1,806
1979 — 19 19 #2,561
1978 — 5 5 #6,462
1977 — 6 6 #5,664
1976 — 11 11 #3,465
1975 — 11 11 #3,427