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.

Usher

#4,083 most common boys' name of all time · #9,986 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#4,083
Rank overall
#9,986 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
1,306
Since 2016
495
Peak year
2025 #1,962
Best rank
#1,962 2025
Girls Boys peak 78/yr
192019401960198020002020

Usher first appears in 1914. 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 — 78 78 #1,962
2024 — 63 63 #2,267
2023 — 60 60 #2,324
2022 — 44 44 #2,884
2021 — 43 43 #2,869
2020 — 37 37 #3,086
2019 — 59 59 #2,317
2018 — 36 36 #3,177
2017 — 34 34 #3,323
2016 — 41 41 #2,897
2015 — 45 45 #2,691
2014 — 31 31 #3,466
2013 — 41 41 #2,815
2012 — 59 59 #2,215
2011 — 44 44 #2,708
2010 — 32 32 #3,394
2009 — 36 36 #3,175
2008 — 45 45 #2,720
2007 — 35 35 #3,202
2006 — 38 38 #2,942
2005 — 46 46 #2,472
2004 — 43 43 #2,533
2003 — 15 15 #5,071
2002 — 29 29 #3,122
2001 — 19 19 #4,147
2000 — 16 16 #4,611
1999 — 19 19 #3,862
1998 — 22 22 #3,415
1997 — 19 19 #3,630
1996 — 9 9 #6,070
1995 — 15 15 #4,099
1994 — 8 8 #6,463
1993 — 10 10 #5,425
1992 — 11 11 #4,941
1991 — 8 8 #6,029
1990 — 6 6 #7,315
1989 — 7 7 #6,364
1988 — 5 5 #7,443
1986 — 7 7 #5,455
1985 — 5 5 #6,711
1982 — 8 8 #4,690
1981 — 8 8 #4,623
1979 — 6 6 #5,517
1978 — 6 6 #5,221
1977 — 6 6 #5,291
1960 — 10 10 #2,775
1957 — 5 5 #4,219
1955 — 7 7 #3,351
1949 — 9 9 #2,733
1934 — 6 6 #3,524
1928 — 5 5 #4,433
1926 — 5 5 #4,478
1914 — 5 5 #3,743