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.

Voltaire

#19,603 most common boys' name of all time · #51,481 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1963–2019

Rank among boys
#19,603
Rank overall
#51,481 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
9 of 146
All-time
51
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1971 #3,891
Best rank
#3,645 1963
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
19802000

Voltaire first appears in 1963. 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
2019 — 5 5 #12,468
2008 — 5 5 #12,916
2007 — 5 5 #12,736
2004 — 5 5 #11,724
1983 — 6 6 #5,855
1980 — 5 5 #6,724
1978 — 5 5 #6,239
1971 — 8 8 #3,891
1963 — 7 7 #3,645