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.

Wales

#21,354 most common boys' name of all time · #56,298 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–1968

Rank among boys
#21,354
Rank overall
#56,298 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
7 of 146
All-time
38
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1939 #3,032
Best rank
#3,032 1939
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
192019401960

Wales 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
1968 — 5 5 #4,355
1939 — 7 7 #3,032
1932 — 5 5 #4,047
1930 — 5 5 #4,262
1922 — 5 5 #4,560
1918 — 6 6 #3,970
1914 — 5 5 #3,749