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.

Yale

#3,896 most common boys' name of all time · #9,492 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1908–2022

Rank among boys
#3,896
Rank overall
#9,492 of 105,966
First appeared
1908
Years on the list
109 of 146
All-time
1,416
Since 2016
30
Peak year
1929 #1,336
Best rank
#1,296 1916
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
192019401960198020002020

Yale first appears in 1908. 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
2022 — 5 5 #12,420
2020 — 6 6 #10,694
2018 — 7 7 #9,727
2017 — 7 7 #9,744
2016 — 5 5 #12,273
2015 — 10 10 #7,542
2014 — 6 6 #10,794
2013 — 7 7 #9,733
2012 — 9 9 #8,203
2010 — 6 6 #10,841
2009 — 8 8 #9,037
2008 — 7 7 #9,937
2007 — 13 13 #6,288
2006 — 5 5 #12,157
2005 — 9 9 #7,704
2004 — 7 7 #9,006
2003 — 5 5 #10,998
2002 — 6 6 #9,464
2001 — 6 6 #9,330
2000 — 11 11 #5,966
1999 — 6 6 #8,784
1998 — 7 7 #7,647
1997 — 11 11 #5,330
1996 — 13 13 #4,646
1995 — 14 14 #4,315
1994 — 6 6 #7,845
1993 — 22 22 #3,063
1992 — 13 13 #4,357
1991 — 17 17 #3,494
1990 — 11 11 #4,709
1989 — 17 17 #3,355
1988 — 11 11 #4,220
1987 — 11 11 #4,004
1986 — 5 5 #6,855
1985 — 8 8 #4,769
1984 — 8 8 #4,618
1983 — 17 17 #2,707
1982 — 16 16 #2,867
1981 — 13 13 #3,262
1980 — 9 9 #4,204
1979 — 12 12 #3,401
1978 — 7 7 #4,648
1977 — 5 5 #5,970
1976 — 12 12 #3,131
1975 — 6 6 #4,901
1974 — 5 5 #5,342
1973 — 11 11 #3,069
1972 — 11 11 #3,045
1971 — 12 12 #2,863
1970 — 18 18 #2,156
1969 — 20 20 #1,886
1968 — 14 14 #2,246
1967 — 17 17 #1,941
1966 — 18 18 #1,848
1965 — 12 12 #2,411
1964 — 15 15 #2,161
1963 — 15 15 #2,151
1962 — 22 22 #1,737
1961 — 15 15 #2,196
1960 — 16 16 #2,076
1959 — 11 11 #2,581
1958 — 9 9 #2,905
1957 — 12 12 #2,429
1956 — 11 11 #2,555
1955 — 11 11 #2,491
1954 — 10 10 #2,659
1953 — 12 12 #2,332
1952 — 19 19 #1,777
1951 — 23 23 #1,577
1950 — 11 11 #2,369
1949 — 10 10 #2,519
1948 — 18 18 #1,794
1947 — 9 9 #2,751
1946 — 9 9 #2,611
1945 — 16 16 #1,751
1944 — 10 10 #2,386
1943 — 17 17 #1,811
1942 — 20 20 #1,609
1941 — 16 16 #1,798
1940 — 15 15 #1,857
1939 — 17 17 #1,687
1938 — 11 11 #2,260
1937 — 9 9 #2,578
1936 — 16 16 #1,782
1935 — 15 15 #1,892
1934 — 10 10 #2,468
1933 — 10 10 #2,456
1932 — 15 15 #1,968
1931 — 15 15 #1,966
1930 — 20 20 #1,678
1929 — 29 29 #1,336
1928 — 22 22 #1,639
1927 — 23 23 #1,634
1926 — 19 19 #1,824
1925 — 15 15 #2,149
1924 — 15 15 #2,189
1923 — 26 26 #1,487
1922 — 22 22 #1,681
1921 — 27 27 #1,467
1920 — 19 19 #1,859
1919 — 13 13 #2,324
1918 — 18 18 #1,880
1917 — 23 23 #1,520
1916 — 28 28 #1,296
1915 — 16 16 #1,854
1914 — 20 20 #1,383
1913 — 15 15 #1,434
1912 — 10 10 #1,723
1908 — 6 6 #1,372