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.

Valdemar

#4,925 most common boys' name of all time · #12,155 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#4,925
Rank overall
#12,155 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
101 of 146
All-time
964
Since 2016
51
Peak year
2002 #3,566
Best rank
#1,942 1953
Girls Boys peak 24/yr
192019401960198020002020

Valdemar first appears in 1912. 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 — 5 5 #12,094
2024 — 5 5 #12,454
2022 — 5 5 #12,438
2020 — 12 12 #6,667
2019 — 5 5 #12,257
2018 — 7 7 #9,742
2017 — 6 6 #10,892
2016 — 6 6 #10,844
2015 — 7 7 #9,652
2014 — 5 5 #12,229
2013 — 5 5 #12,251
2012 — 5 5 #12,371
2011 — 6 6 #10,915
2010 — 11 11 #7,127
2009 — 8 8 #9,053
2008 — 8 8 #9,080
2007 — 13 13 #6,297
2006 — 17 17 #5,101
2005 — 10 10 #7,157
2004 — 6 6 #10,040
2003 — 8 8 #7,924
2002 — 24 24 #3,566
2001 — 16 16 #4,699
2000 — 13 13 #5,335
1999 — 9 9 #6,583
1998 — 8 8 #6,914
1997 — 10 10 #5,702
1996 — 13 13 #4,657
1995 — 17 17 #3,726
1994 — 20 20 #3,358
1993 — 9 9 #5,825
1992 — 10 10 #5,292
1991 — 12 12 #4,526
1990 — 14 14 #4,010
1989 — 7 7 #6,339
1988 — 8 8 #5,297
1987 — 8 8 #5,058
1986 — 11 11 #3,948
1985 — 7 7 #5,268
1984 — 12 12 #3,521
1983 — 6 6 #5,636
1982 — 12 12 #3,525
1981 — 8 8 #4,600
1980 — 16 16 #2,871
1979 — 9 9 #4,147
1978 — 10 10 #3,671
1977 — 13 13 #3,091
1976 — 12 12 #3,140
1975 — 12 12 #3,124
1974 — 6 6 #4,757
1973 — 9 9 #3,512
1972 — 10 10 #3,226
1971 — 11 11 #3,029
1970 — 8 8 #3,630
1969 — 11 11 #2,743
1968 — 11 11 #2,644
1967 — 6 6 #3,719
1966 — 11 11 #2,549
1965 — 10 10 #2,680
1964 — 12 12 #2,474
1963 — 8 8 #3,169
1961 — 12 12 #2,483
1960 — 13 13 #2,369
1959 — 7 7 #3,424
1958 — 12 12 #2,445
1957 — 8 8 #3,132
1956 — 9 9 #2,882
1955 — 12 12 #2,377
1953 — 17 17 #1,942
1951 — 9 9 #2,751
1950 — 8 8 #2,901
1949 — 6 6 #3,471
1948 — 15 15 #2,008
1947 — 9 9 #2,775
1946 — 9 9 #2,632
1945 — 6 6 #3,167
1944 — 8 8 #2,754
1943 — 11 11 #2,363
1941 — 9 9 #2,602
1940 — 8 8 #2,777
1939 — 10 10 #2,403
1938 — 9 9 #2,585
1937 — 6 6 #3,343
1936 — 9 9 #2,561
1935 — 10 10 #2,477
1934 — 7 7 #3,132
1933 — 6 6 #3,451
1932 — 12 12 #2,284
1931 — 12 12 #2,292
1930 — 13 13 #2,265
1929 — 7 7 #3,387
1928 — 5 5 #4,341
1927 — 11 11 #2,636
1926 — 9 9 #3,037
1925 — 13 13 #2,407
1924 — 6 6 #4,029
1923 — 7 7 #3,609
1921 — 8 8 #3,345
1916 — 5 5 #4,104
1913 — 7 7 #2,448
1912 — 5 5 #2,897