Aeneas — #5766 US boys' name
463 babies named Aeneas in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Aeneas was born in this single decade.
38 babies were named Aeneas in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aeneas
The Social Security Administration has registered 463 babies named Aeneas between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aeneas currently holds the #5766 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 38 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aeneas performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 215 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Aeneas shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Aeneas in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aeneas in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 463 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aeneas at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Aeneas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2002)
- 38
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #5766 among boys.
463 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 38 births in a single year.
Aeneas by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 215 births that decade — 46% of Aeneas's all-time total
Aeneas decade highlights
- Peak decade 215 births
- Runner-up 114 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Aeneas's strongest decade
215 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Aeneas by state
Where Aeneas concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 23 | 5.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 1.1% |
23 of 463 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.0% of nationwide
- Florida 1.1% of nationwide
- Texas 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.