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.

Vashon*

#5,351 most common boys' name of all time · #13,311 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1972–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#5,351
Rank overall
#13,311 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
836
Since 2016
28
Peak year
1973 #809
Best rank
#809 1973
Girls Boys peak 125/yr
198020002020

Vashon first appears in 1972. 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 #12,367
2023 — 5 5 #12,633
2018 — 5 5 #12,547
2017 — 6 6 #11,131
2016 — 7 7 #9,923
2015 — 7 7 #9,839
2014 — 5 5 #12,509
2013 — 8 8 #9,024
2012 — 11 11 #7,177
2011 — 8 8 #9,006
2010 — 15 15 #5,847
2009 — 13 13 #6,547
2008 — 10 10 #7,896
2007 — 12 12 #6,774
2006 — 21 21 #4,442
2005 — 16 16 #5,138
2004 — 15 15 #5,341
2003 — 15 15 #5,122
2002 — 12 12 #5,862
2001 — 22 22 #3,796
2000 — 21 21 #3,849
1999 — 26 26 #3,148
1998 — 16 16 #4,301
1997 — 24 24 #3,120
1996 — 15 15 #4,309
1995 — 16 16 #3,959
1994 — 16 16 #4,007
1993 — 15 15 #4,131
1992 — 15 15 #4,018
1991 — 12 12 #4,635
1990 — 7 7 #6,773
1989 — 9 9 #5,412
1987 — 7 7 #5,826
1986 — 9 9 #4,702
1985 — 6 6 #6,178
1984 — 9 9 #4,449
1983 — 11 11 #3,821
1982 — 12 12 #3,637
1981 10 8 18 #4,827
1980 — 8 8 #4,804
1979 5 6 11 #5,801
1978 — 19 19 #2,461
1977 7 30 37 #1,776
1976 5 21 26 #2,240
1975 5 28 33 #1,786
1974 8 77 85 #935
1973 29 96 125 #809
1972 — 10 10 #3,343