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.

Worth

#2,952 most common boys' name of all time · #7,154 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#2,952
Rank overall
#7,154 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
120 of 146
All-time
2,204
Since 2016
131
Peak year
1918 #800
Best rank
#599 1898
📖The word “worth” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 67/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Worth is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 13 13 #6,453
2024 — 24 24 #4,322
2023 — 19 19 #5,081
2022 — 10 10 #7,779
2021 — 18 18 #5,115
2020 — 5 5 #12,048
2019 — 8 8 #8,904
2018 — 11 11 #7,151
2017 — 10 10 #7,554
2016 — 13 13 #6,362
2015 — 9 9 #8,057
2014 — 8 8 #8,790
2012 — 10 10 #7,572
2011 — 10 10 #7,518
2009 — 11 11 #7,246
2003 — 8 8 #7,849
2001 — 6 6 #9,269
2000 — 6 6 #9,136
1996 — 6 6 #7,993
1994 — 7 7 #6,987
1988 — 7 7 #5,780
1986 — 11 11 #3,898
1985 — 8 8 #4,716
1984 — 6 6 #5,587
1983 — 5 5 #6,272
1982 — 7 7 #5,030
1981 — 7 7 #4,991
1980 — 5 5 #6,285
1978 — 7 7 #4,574
1977 — 5 5 #5,879
1976 — 9 9 #3,742
1975 — 7 7 #4,340
1974 — 5 5 #5,256
1973 — 6 6 #4,535
1972 — 5 5 #5,014
1971 — 8 8 #3,680
1970 — 8 8 #3,539
1969 — 5 5 #4,427
1968 — 9 9 #2,919
1967 — 16 16 #1,979
1966 — 6 6 #3,559
1964 — 10 10 #2,685
1963 — 11 11 #2,556
1962 — 13 13 #2,287
1961 — 13 13 #2,330
1960 — 17 17 #1,980
1959 — 9 9 #2,835
1958 — 10 10 #2,656
1957 — 16 16 #2,034
1956 — 11 11 #2,507
1955 — 20 20 #1,738
1954 — 16 16 #1,966
1953 — 22 22 #1,640
1952 — 17 17 #1,866
1951 — 24 24 #1,525
1950 — 20 20 #1,666
1949 — 25 25 #1,466
1948 — 20 20 #1,664
1947 — 21 21 #1,658
1946 — 25 25 #1,415
1945 — 18 18 #1,586
1944 — 26 26 #1,312
1943 — 27 27 #1,346
1942 — 24 24 #1,435
1941 — 17 17 #1,697
1940 — 13 13 #1,997
1939 — 23 23 #1,397
1938 — 16 16 #1,757
1937 — 40 40 #1,005
1936 — 27 27 #1,279
1935 — 33 33 #1,152
1934 — 31 31 #1,195
1933 — 35 35 #1,107
1932 — 25 25 #1,394
1931 — 41 41 #1,057
1930 — 32 32 #1,264
1929 — 38 38 #1,129
1928 — 34 34 #1,232
1927 — 45 45 #1,047
1926 — 48 48 #999
1925 — 52 52 #935
1924 — 57 57 #930
1923 — 48 48 #1,012
1922 — 55 55 #942
1921 — 53 53 #965
1920 — 59 59 #898
1919 — 65 65 #812
1918 — 67 67 #800
1917 — 47 47 #940
1916 — 58 58 #817
1915 — 53 53 #852
1914 — 31 31 #1,007
1913 — 36 36 #798
1912 — 35 35 #732
1911 — 13 13 #948
1910 — 10 10 #1,064
1909 — 8 8 #1,100
1908 — 6 6 #1,242
1907 — 8 8 #1,023
1906 — 6 6 #1,143
1905 — 8 8 #949
1904 — 7 7 #993
1903 — 11 11 #717
1900 — 13 13 #719
1899 — 10 10 #689
1898 — 14 14 #599
1897 — 5 5 #1,103
1896 — 7 7 #922
1895 — 8 8 #821
1894 — 5 5 #1,107
1893 — 7 7 #854
1892 — 6 6 #986
1891 — 6 6 #881
1890 — 8 8 #777
1888 — 11 11 #636
1886 — 5 5 #989
1884 — 7 7 #795
1882 — 7 7 #791
1881 — 7 7 #741
1880 — 8 8 #744