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.

Trigger

#10,205 most common boys' name of all time · #25,816 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 2009–2025

Rank among boys
#10,205
Rank overall
#25,816 of 105,966
First appeared
2009
Years on the list
17 of 146
All-time
269
Since 2016
138
Peak year
2014 #4,257
Best rank
#4,257 2014
Girls Boys peak 24/yr
2020

Trigger first appears in 2009. 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 7 7 #10,352
2024 8 8 #9,637
2023 10 10 #8,140
2022 11 11 #7,670
2021 16 16 #5,747
2020 19 19 #5,022
2019 12 12 #7,119
2018 15 15 #5,999
2017 21 21 #4,732
2016 19 19 #5,113
2015 18 18 #5,279
2014 24 24 #4,257
2013 21 21 #4,616
2012 19 19 #5,031
2011 21 21 #4,658
2010 13 13 #6,691
2009 15 15 #6,094