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.

Zalman

#6,041 most common boys' name of all time · #15,028 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1949–2025

Rank among boys
#6,041
Rank overall
#15,028 of 105,966
First appeared
1949
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
687
Since 2016
202
Peak year
2021 #3,931
Best rank
#3,432 1988
Girls Boys peak 27/yr
1960198020002020

Zalman first appears in 1949. 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 — 21 21 #4,735
2024 — 24 24 #4,347
2023 — 26 26 #4,138
2022 — 19 19 #5,063
2021 — 27 27 #3,931
2020 — 12 12 #6,706
2019 — 21 21 #4,671
2018 — 20 20 #4,788
2017 — 14 14 #6,119
2016 — 18 18 #5,170
2015 — 22 22 #4,441
2014 — 18 18 #5,105
2013 — 5 5 #12,408
2012 — 18 18 #5,080
2011 — 8 8 #8,932
2010 — 18 18 #5,093
2009 — 18 18 #5,145
2008 — 13 13 #6,469
2007 — 20 20 #4,676
2006 — 14 14 #5,856
2005 — 16 16 #5,099
2004 — 13 13 #5,882
2003 — 9 9 #7,369
2002 — 12 12 #5,812
2001 — 13 13 #5,454
2000 — 10 10 #6,436
1999 — 11 11 #5,752
1998 — 11 11 #5,567
1997 — 6 6 #8,386
1996 — 15 15 #4,263
1995 — 8 8 #6,560
1994 — 11 11 #5,209
1993 — 9 9 #5,903
1992 — 12 12 #4,664
1991 — 7 7 #6,731
1990 — 8 8 #6,014
1989 — 7 7 #6,470
1988 — 15 15 #3,432
1987 — 7 7 #5,691
1986 — 11 11 #3,999
1985 — 8 8 #4,878
1984 — 6 6 #5,855
1982 — 9 9 #4,395
1981 — 8 8 #4,700
1980 — 5 5 #6,639
1979 — 8 8 #4,608
1978 — 10 10 #3,732
1977 — 5 5 #6,232
1976 — 8 8 #4,220
1975 — 6 6 #5,107
1973 — 5 5 #5,458
1971 — 5 5 #5,298
1968 — 5 5 #4,539
1966 — 5 5 #4,349
1964 — 5 5 #4,433
1961 — 6 6 #3,970
1959 — 5 5 #4,441
1954 — 5 5 #4,275
1949 — 6 6 #3,689