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.

Zef

#20,496 most common boys' name of all time · #53,846 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1973–2023

Rank among boys
#20,496
Rank overall
#53,846 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
8 of 146
All-time
44
Since 2016
5
Peak year
2000 #9,514
Best rank
#5,100 1973
Girls Boys peak 6/yr
198020002020

Zef first appears in 1973. 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
2023 — 5 5 #12,647
2013 — 6 6 #11,041
2011 — 6 6 #11,186
2000 — 6 6 #9,514
1994 — 5 5 #9,285
1986 — 5 5 #7,297
1983 — 5 5 #6,875
1973 — 6 6 #5,100