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.

Yates

#7,142 most common boys' name of all time · #17,946 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#7,142
Rank overall
#17,946 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
517
Since 2016
126
Peak year
1921 #2,139
Best rank
#2,114 1923
Girls Boys peak 16/yr
192019401960198020002020

Yates first appears in 1914. 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 — 14 14 #6,174
2024 — 16 16 #5,689
2023 — 9 9 #8,331
2022 — 11 11 #7,300
2021 — 9 9 #8,235
2020 — 14 14 #6,025
2019 — 12 12 #6,819
2018 — 12 12 #6,751
2017 — 13 13 #6,371
2016 — 16 16 #5,591
2015 — 8 8 #8,834
2014 — 9 9 #8,186
2013 — 10 10 #7,585
2011 — 12 12 #6,620
2010 — 10 10 #7,634
2009 — 5 5 #12,638
2007 — 6 6 #11,019
2006 — 5 5 #12,200
2005 — 8 8 #8,393
2004 — 6 6 #10,062
2003 — 5 5 #11,052
2002 — 5 5 #10,818
2000 — 5 5 #10,482
1992 — 7 7 #6,766
1988 — 5 5 #7,425
1987 — 5 5 #7,141
1983 — 5 5 #6,428
1982 — 5 5 #6,560
1975 — 6 6 #4,950
1972 — 5 5 #5,175
1967 — 5 5 #4,166
1960 — 5 5 #4,254
1959 — 5 5 #4,215
1953 — 7 7 #3,292
1950 — 5 5 #3,902
1949 — 6 6 #3,497
1947 — 7 7 #3,252
1944 — 7 7 #3,021
1942 — 8 8 #2,888
1941 — 8 8 #2,814
1939 — 7 7 #3,011
1938 — 8 8 #2,784
1936 — 6 6 #3,378
1935 — 8 8 #2,891
1934 — 10 10 #2,521
1933 — 8 8 #2,926
1932 — 7 7 #3,268
1931 — 6 6 #3,582
1930 — 5 5 #4,231
1929 — 7 7 #3,429
1927 — 6 6 #3,990
1926 — 8 8 #3,286
1925 — 5 5 #4,460
1924 — 5 5 #4,572
1923 — 16 16 #2,114
1921 — 16 16 #2,139
1920 — 14 14 #2,320
1919 — 10 10 #2,819
1918 — 10 10 #2,845
1917 — 11 11 #2,547
1916 — 8 8 #3,100
1915 — 7 7 #3,281
1914 — 8 8 #2,649