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.

Waymon

#1,801 most common boys' name of all time · #4,357 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1888–2025

Rank among boys
#1,801
Rank overall
#4,357 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
4,746
Since 2016
36
Peak year
1936 #596
Best rank
#596 1936
Girls Boys peak 95/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Waymon first appears in 1888. 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 — 6 6 #10,737
2023 — 6 6 #10,868
2022 — 6 6 #10,911
2021 — 5 5 #12,221
2018 — 6 6 #10,796
2017 — 7 7 #9,724
2015 — 6 6 #10,692
2013 — 8 8 #8,834
2011 — 6 6 #10,862
2009 — 5 5 #12,567
2008 — 7 7 #9,917
2006 — 8 8 #8,766
2005 — 9 9 #7,681
2003 — 8 8 #7,875
2002 — 7 7 #8,505
2001 — 13 13 #5,408
2000 — 12 12 #5,608
1999 — 11 11 #5,682
1998 — 11 11 #5,490
1997 — 15 15 #4,268
1996 — 14 14 #4,414
1995 — 8 8 #6,442
1994 — 11 11 #5,134
1993 — 23 23 #2,957
1992 — 16 16 #3,772
1991 — 13 13 #4,257
1990 — 17 17 #3,482
1989 — 23 23 #2,707
1988 — 16 16 #3,221
1987 — 13 13 #3,546
1986 — 16 16 #3,021
1985 — 18 18 #2,731
1984 — 26 26 #2,049
1983 — 25 25 #2,094
1982 — 22 22 #2,293
1981 — 20 20 #2,428
1980 — 34 34 #1,706
1979 — 36 36 #1,608
1978 — 31 31 #1,731
1977 — 28 28 #1,834
1976 — 29 29 #1,756
1975 — 30 30 #1,669
1974 — 23 23 #1,945
1973 — 40 40 #1,318
1972 — 28 28 #1,660
1971 — 32 32 #1,541
1970 — 52 52 #1,153
1969 — 38 38 #1,286
1968 — 43 43 #1,154
1967 — 48 48 #1,066
1966 — 42 42 #1,154
1965 — 40 40 #1,212
1964 — 57 57 #1,003
1963 — 51 51 #1,075
1962 — 61 61 #980
1961 — 62 62 #986
1960 — 64 64 #948
1959 — 65 65 #961
1958 — 57 57 #1,009
1957 — 77 77 #860
1956 — 65 65 #926
1955 — 65 65 #930
1954 — 76 76 #829
1953 — 61 61 #924
1952 — 80 80 #790
1951 — 79 79 #797
1950 — 69 69 #824
1949 — 74 74 #801
1948 — 91 91 #702
1947 — 77 77 #785
1946 — 72 72 #783
1945 — 78 78 #689
1944 — 76 76 #717
1943 — 76 76 #744
1942 — 89 89 #682
1941 — 86 86 #661
1940 — 88 88 #642
1939 — 83 83 #654
1938 — 85 85 #651
1937 — 82 82 #658
1936 — 95 95 #596
1935 — 80 80 #668
1934 — 62 62 #790
1933 — 77 77 #674
1932 — 78 78 #701
1931 — 74 74 #708
1930 — 75 75 #735
1929 — 71 71 #761
1928 — 74 74 #748
1927 — 60 60 #881
1926 — 69 69 #790
1925 — 61 61 #853
1924 — 67 67 #832
1923 — 56 56 #920
1922 — 48 48 #1,027
1921 — 61 61 #898
1920 — 63 63 #862
1919 — 68 68 #787
1918 — 58 58 #878
1917 — 47 47 #945
1916 — 55 55 #853
1915 — 54 54 #843
1914 — 33 33 #982
1913 — 26 26 #988
1912 — 20 20 #1,050
1911 — 19 19 #754
1910 — 6 6 #1,508
1909 — 15 15 #752
1908 — 8 8 #1,088
1907 — 6 6 #1,292
1906 — 6 6 #1,207
1905 — 8 8 #983
1904 — 7 7 #1,042
1902 — 7 7 #995
1900 — 7 7 #1,129
1898 — 10 10 #742
1897 — 6 6 #1,041
1895 — 5 5 #1,207
1894 — 5 5 #1,202
1893 — 5 5 #1,138
1892 — 5 5 #1,214
1891 — 6 6 #948
1890 — 7 7 #879
1889 — 5 5 #1,090
1888 — 8 8 #814