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.

Zalmen

#6,065 most common boys' name of all time · #15,090 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1956–2025

Rank among boys
#6,065
Rank overall
#15,090 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
682
Since 2016
224
Peak year
2024 #3,297
Best rank
#3,297 2024
Girls Boys peak 36/yr
1960198020002020

Zalmen first appears in 1956. 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 — 32 32 #3,529
2024 — 36 36 #3,297
2023 — 19 19 #5,116
2022 — 16 16 #5,683
2021 — 14 14 #6,113
2020 — 24 24 #4,171
2019 — 21 21 #4,680
2018 — 22 22 #4,508
2017 — 16 16 #5,598
2016 — 24 24 #4,232
2015 — 23 23 #4,327
2014 — 11 11 #7,164
2013 — 19 19 #4,850
2012 — 15 15 #5,783
2011 — 20 20 #4,698
2010 — 18 18 #5,098
2009 — 16 16 #5,603
2008 — 22 22 #4,432
2007 — 13 13 #6,350
2006 — 26 26 #3,815
2005 — 13 13 #5,977
2004 — 14 14 #5,588
2003 — 12 12 #5,974
2002 — 19 19 #4,225
2001 — 9 9 #7,082
2000 — 13 13 #5,372
1999 — 14 14 #4,850
1998 — 6 6 #8,735
1997 — 16 16 #4,114
1996 — 18 18 #3,733
1995 — 18 18 #3,601
1994 — 9 9 #6,028
1993 — 5 5 #9,072
1991 — 9 9 #5,661
1990 — 10 10 #5,144
1989 — 6 6 #7,297
1987 — 8 8 #5,174
1985 — 5 5 #6,941
1984 — 7 7 #5,238
1978 — 8 8 #4,367
1977 — 6 6 #5,462
1976 — 9 9 #3,885
1973 — 7 7 #4,309
1971 — 7 7 #4,234
1970 — 5 5 #5,164
1969 — 5 5 #4,812
1960 — 5 5 #4,513
1959 — 7 7 #3,589
1956 — 5 5 #4,454