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.

Zak

#3,584 most common boys' name of all time · #8,740 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1965–2025

Rank among boys
#3,584
Rank overall
#8,740 of 105,966
First appeared
1965
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
1,608
Since 2016
290
Peak year
2004 #2,292
Best rank
#1,938 1988
Girls Boys peak 50/yr
198020002020

Zak first appears in 1965. 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 — 12 12 #6,888
2024 — 21 21 #4,753
2023 — 29 29 #3,827
2022 — 25 25 #4,224
2021 — 39 39 #3,089
2020 — 21 21 #4,583
2019 — 32 32 #3,523
2018 — 38 38 #3,074
2017 — 39 39 #3,026
2016 — 34 34 #3,317
2015 — 41 41 #2,883
2014 — 47 47 #2,595
2013 — 48 48 #2,539
2012 — 42 42 #2,840
2011 — 43 43 #2,766
2010 — 43 43 #2,800
2009 — 50 50 #2,541
2008 — 36 36 #3,188
2007 — 50 50 #2,514
2006 — 43 43 #2,717
2005 — 43 43 #2,587
2004 — 50 50 #2,292
2003 — 46 46 #2,324
2002 — 32 32 #2,909
2001 — 27 27 #3,269
2000 — 34 34 #2,695
1999 — 23 23 #3,414
1998 — 30 30 #2,749
1997 — 18 18 #3,792
1996 — 29 29 #2,642
1995 — 28 28 #2,656
1994 — 26 26 #2,810
1993 — 39 39 #2,078
1992 — 27 27 #2,639
1991 — 33 33 #2,206
1990 — 36 36 #2,075
1989 — 26 26 #2,515
1988 — 34 34 #1,938
1987 — 19 19 #2,797
1986 — 25 25 #2,278
1985 — 17 17 #2,902
1984 — 16 16 #2,900
1983 — 14 14 #3,174
1982 — 13 13 #3,404
1981 — 9 9 #4,364
1980 — 8 8 #4,743
1979 — 10 10 #3,966
1978 — 6 6 #5,444
1977 — 10 10 #3,762
1976 — 15 15 #2,797
1975 — 12 12 #3,208
1974 — 15 15 #2,646
1973 — 21 21 #2,034
1972 — 18 18 #2,234
1971 — 14 14 #2,668
1970 — 18 18 #2,204
1969 — 8 8 #3,566
1968 — 7 7 #3,636
1967 — 7 7 #3,533
1966 — 6 6 #3,927
1965 — 6 6 #3,929