27 years ago the first Domain Name was registered. Here are the first 10 ever registered (The Top 100 list can be found here).
As of today (1/6/2012) there are 135,639,614 domains across the .COM, .NET, .ORG, .INFO, .BIZ, and .US top level domains. There are more and more added every day & this does not even cover all the .GOV, .US, etc. Domain names in use.
| Rank | Date Registered | Domain Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15-March-1985 | SYMBOLICS.COM |
| 2 | 24-April-1985 | BBN.COM |
| 3 | 24-May-1985 | THINK.COM |
| 4 | 11-July-1985 | MCC.COM |
| 5 | 30-September-1985 | DEC.COM |
| 6 | 07-November-1985 | NORTHROP.COM |
| 7 | 09-January-1986 | XEROX.COM |
| 8 | 17-January-1986 | SRI.COM |
| 9 | 03-March-1986 | HP.COM |
| 10 | 05-March-1986 | BELLCORE.COM |