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.

Western

#23,566 most common boys' name of all time · #62,112 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1926–2023

Rank among boys
#23,566
Rank overall
#62,112 of 105,966
First appeared
1926
Years on the list
4 of 146
All-time
27
Since 2016
8
Peak year
2023 #9,032
Best rank
#3,441 1927
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
19401960198020002020

Western first appears in 1926. 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
2023 — 8 8 #9,032
1938 — 6 6 #3,505
1927 — 8 8 #3,441
1926 — 5 5 #4,831