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.

Vassar

#25,197 most common boys' name of all time · #66,595 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–1928

Rank among boys
#25,197
Rank overall
#66,595 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
4 of 146
All-time
21
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1917 #3,702
Best rank
#2,898 1912
Girls Boys peak 6/yr
1920

Vassar 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
1928 — 5 5 #4,342
1917 — 6 6 #3,702
1915 — 5 5 #4,000
1912 — 5 5 #2,898