Boys' name · since 2019
Action
Action has 38 recorded births since 2019 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,012 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,378 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
38 babies have been named Action since 2019, making it today's #13378 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Action recorded 38 times among boys since 2019, holding rank #13378 nationally today, ahead of 4% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2025.
- #24,012 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,378 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 38 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Action ranks #24,012 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,378 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 38 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,012 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,378 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Action's 38 recorded births place it above 46.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Action compares
38 14th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Action's all-time total is 90% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Action | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 38 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Action's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Action's full recorded timeline at 2022, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Action popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Action by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (30 births, 79% of the file).
2020s was Action's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Action births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 30 births (79% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2019–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Action draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.