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.

Worthy*

#7,552 most common boys' name of all time · #19,037 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#7,552
Rank overall
#19,037 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
468
Since 2016
96
Peak year
2025 #7,205
Best rank
#1,055 1880
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Worthy 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 17 11 28 #7,205
2024 5 9 14 #8,326
2023 12 — 12 —
2022 6 5 11 #12,360
2021 11 — 11 —
2019 8 6 14 #10,824
2018 — 6 6 #10,779
2015 5 — 5 —
2009 — 5 5 #12,538
1991 — 5 5 #8,284
1976 — 5 5 #5,640
1972 — 6 6 #4,476
1969 — 5 5 #4,443
1965 — 5 5 #3,965
1954 — 6 6 #3,479
1952 — 9 9 #2,701
1951 — 5 5 #3,753
1950 — 6 6 #3,361
1948 — 6 6 #3,346
1947 — 9 9 #2,701
1946 — 12 12 #2,156
1945 — 6 6 #3,028
1944 — 6 6 #3,144
1943 — 5 5 #3,582
1942 — 5 5 #3,595
1939 — 9 9 #2,469
1938 — 7 7 #2,902
1937 — 6 6 #3,211
1936 — 5 5 #3,598
1935 — 9 9 #2,562
1934 — 10 10 #2,413
1932 — 8 8 #2,876
1931 — 8 8 #2,898
1930 — 7 7 #3,318
1929 — 12 12 #2,340
1928 — 5 5 #4,187
1927 — 8 8 #3,184
1926 — 11 11 #2,589
1925 — 13 13 #2,334
1924 — 15 15 #2,154
1923 — 12 12 #2,470
1922 — 9 9 #3,036
1921 — 11 11 #2,654
1920 — 14 14 #2,247
1919 — 12 12 #2,401
1918 — 12 12 #2,412
1917 — 10 10 #2,585
1916 — 10 10 #2,562
1915 — 12 12 #2,203
1913 — 5 5 #2,858
1912 — 6 6 #2,303
1908 — 5 5 #1,430
1903 — 5 5 #1,202
1880 — 5 5 #1,055