Unknown**
#829 most common boys' name of all time · #1,891 across all names · 50% male / 50% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#829
Rank overall
#1,891 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
19,714
Since 2016
1,158
Peak year
1954 #308
Best rank
#308 1954
Girls
Boys
peak 1,192/yr
Unknown is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | 47 | 95 | #2,721 |
| 2024 | 38 | 43 | 81 | #2,919 |
| 2023 | 46 | 80 | 126 | #1,942 |
| 2022 | 52 | 85 | 137 | #1,862 |
| 2021 | 49 | 85 | 134 | #1,824 |
| 2020 | 42 | 61 | 103 | #2,237 |
| 2019 | 53 | 77 | 130 | #1,919 |
| 2018 | 66 | 85 | 151 | #1,793 |
| 2017 | 47 | 67 | 114 | #2,067 |
| 2016 | 37 | 50 | 87 | #2,520 |
| 2015 | 43 | 60 | 103 | #2,236 |
| 2014 | 72 | 79 | 151 | #1,858 |
| 2013 | 68 | 97 | 165 | #1,590 |
| 2012 | 64 | 99 | 163 | #1,589 |
| 2011 | 77 | 87 | 164 | #1,707 |
| 2010 | 65 | 89 | 154 | #1,715 |
| 2009 | 84 | 114 | 198 | #1,461 |
| 2008 | 62 | 73 | 135 | #1,952 |
| 2007 | 31 | 42 | 73 | #2,815 |
| 2006 | 16 | 25 | 41 | #3,892 |
| 2005 | 25 | 23 | 48 | #3,947 |
| 2004 | 20 | 24 | 44 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 30 | 31 | 61 | #3,046 |
| 2002 | 18 | 27 | 45 | #3,262 |
| 2001 | 28 | 15 | 43 | #4,899 |
| 2000 | 42 | 39 | 81 | #2,425 |
| 1999 | 26 | 16 | 42 | #4,351 |
| 1998 | 18 | 15 | 33 | #4,425 |
| 1997 | 16 | 34 | 50 | #2,399 |
| 1996 | 53 | 53 | 106 | #1,741 |
| 1995 | 223 | 248 | 471 | #665 |
| 1994 | 161 | 163 | 324 | #836 |
| 1993 | 94 | 121 | 215 | #986 |
| 1992 | 135 | 155 | 290 | #851 |
| 1991 | 258 | 299 | 557 | #588 |
| 1990 | 162 | 192 | 354 | #738 |
| 1989 | 251 | 262 | 513 | #611 |
| 1988 | 68 | 94 | 162 | #1,005 |
| 1987 | 18 | 15 | 33 | #3,213 |
| 1986 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #4,483 |
| 1985 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,823 |
| 1984 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #6,358 |
| 1983 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #4,524 |
| 1982 | 16 | 12 | 28 | #3,491 |
| 1981 | 11 | 18 | 29 | #2,582 |
| 1980 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #4,157 |
| 1979 | 10 | 12 | 22 | #3,372 |
| 1978 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #3,629 |
| 1977 | 12 | 13 | 25 | #3,055 |
| 1976 | 17 | 13 | 30 | #2,961 |
| 1975 | 21 | 18 | 39 | #2,375 |
| 1974 | 8 | 20 | 28 | #2,138 |
| 1973 | 23 | 20 | 43 | #2,057 |
| 1972 | 14 | 15 | 29 | #2,437 |
| 1971 | 18 | 33 | 51 | #1,504 |
| 1970 | 18 | 42 | 60 | #1,282 |
| 1969 | 23 | 28 | 51 | #1,539 |
| 1968 | 19 | 31 | 50 | #1,401 |
| 1967 | 18 | 41 | 59 | #1,171 |
| 1966 | 34 | 40 | 74 | #1,181 |
| 1965 | 29 | 35 | 64 | #1,302 |
| 1964 | 44 | 49 | 93 | #1,088 |
| 1963 | 54 | 71 | 125 | #888 |
| 1962 | 57 | 105 | 162 | #747 |
| 1961 | 96 | 168 | 264 | #613 |
| 1960 | 133 | 194 | 327 | #563 |
| 1959 | 145 | 188 | 333 | #568 |
| 1958 | 209 | 269 | 478 | #479 |
| 1957 | 323 | 391 | 714 | #386 |
| 1956 | 540 | 457 | 997 | #346 |
| 1955 | 564 | 497 | 1,061 | #332 |
| 1954 | 644 | 548 | 1,192 | #308 |
| 1953 | 600 | 525 | 1,125 | #313 |
| 1952 | 622 | 488 | 1,110 | #320 |
| 1951 | 565 | 439 | 1,004 | #328 |
| 1950 | 511 | 404 | 915 | #335 |
| 1949 | 443 | 278 | 721 | #402 |
| 1948 | 294 | 163 | 457 | #518 |
| 1947 | 148 | 99 | 247 | #697 |
| 1946 | 104 | 43 | 147 | #1,054 |
| 1945 | 54 | 42 | 96 | #989 |
| 1944 | 60 | 27 | 87 | #1,289 |
| 1943 | 56 | 30 | 86 | #1,264 |
| 1942 | 29 | 14 | 43 | #1,960 |
| 1941 | 17 | 9 | 26 | #2,507 |
| 1940 | 19 | 6 | 25 | #3,167 |
| 1939 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #2,862 |
| 1938 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #3,572 |
| 1937 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #3,209 |
| 1936 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1935 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #3,298 |
| 1934 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #3,007 |
| 1933 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #3,311 |
| 1932 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #2,875 |
| 1931 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #3,415 |
| 1930 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #2,199 |
| 1929 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #2,607 |
| 1928 | 12 | 10 | 22 | #2,677 |
| 1927 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #3,479 |
| 1926 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #2,327 |
| 1925 | 6 | 22 | 28 | #1,642 |
| 1924 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #3,539 |
| 1923 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #1,563 |
| 1922 | 14 | 18 | 32 | #1,898 |
| 1921 | 12 | 20 | 32 | #1,779 |
| 1920 | 9 | 18 | 27 | #1,902 |
| 1919 | 13 | 28 | 41 | #1,358 |
| 1918 | 20 | 31 | 51 | #1,263 |
| 1917 | 19 | 22 | 41 | #1,538 |
| 1916 | 13 | 24 | 37 | #1,433 |
| 1915 | 19 | 24 | 43 | #1,382 |
| 1914 | 11 | 18 | 29 | #1,452 |
| 1913 | 11 | 17 | 28 | #1,276 |
| 1912 | 12 | 15 | 27 | #1,235 |
| 1911 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #747 |
| 1910 | — | 13 | 13 | #897 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,323 |
| 1908 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #1,063 |
| 1907 | 8 | 12 | 20 | #801 |
| 1906 | — | 9 | 9 | #886 |
| 1905 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #879 |
| 1904 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #1,006 |
| 1903 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #1,063 |
| 1902 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #552 |
| 1901 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #759 |
| 1900 | 15 | 16 | 31 | #640 |
| 1899 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #833 |
| 1898 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #572 |
| 1897 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #769 |
| 1896 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #806 |
| 1895 | — | 9 | 9 | #778 |
| 1894 | 8 | 12 | 20 | #622 |
| 1893 | — | 7 | 7 | #872 |
| 1892 | — | 14 | 14 | #570 |
| 1891 | — | 9 | 9 | #681 |
| 1890 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #1,066 |
| 1889 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #920 |
| 1888 | — | 6 | 6 | #972 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #990 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1885 | — | 7 | 7 | #815 |
| 1883 | — | 7 | 7 | #775 |
| 1882 | — | 7 | 7 | #806 |
| 1881 | — | 8 | 8 | #692 |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,049 |