Less peaked in the US in 1900 at #699, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Less as a boy’s name Share of babies Rank
Less as a boy’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.03 0.05 0.08 0.1 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Less as a boy’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.03 0.05 0.08 0.1 1880 1920 1960 2000 Less as a boy’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Less as a boy’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K 1880 1920 1960 2000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers Year US 1957 #3,257 (7) 1956 #3,535 (6) 1954 #3,452 (6) 1948 #3,316 (6) 1947 #3,733 (5) 1940 #3,459 (5) 1939 #3,480 (5) 1938 #3,175 (6) 1937 #3,175 (6) 1935 #3,645 (5) 1933 #3,642 (5) 1932 #3,776 (5) 1931 #3,763 (5) 1930 #3,022 (8) 1929 #3,559 (6)
The tide so far Peaked in the US in 1900 at #699. First recorded in the US in 1881.