Boys' name · since 1911
Atwood
Since 1911, U.S. Social Security records show 364 babies named Atwood, peaking in 1914. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #9,530 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 364
- born since 1911
- 1920s
- peak decade
Atwood is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 364 have been recorded since 1911.
Atwood has 364 recorded births among boys since 1911, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 2023.
- #9,530 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 364 born since 1911
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Atwood ranks #9,530 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 364 born since 1911, peaking in the 1920s.
- #9,530 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 364
- born since 1911
- 1920s
- peak decade
Atwood's 364 recorded births place it above 79.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Atwood's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Atwood splits its recorded history at 1931: 35% of all births land in the more recent half, 65% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1937 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1914 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Atwood popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–2023
- Peak year (1914)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Atwood by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (114 births, 31% of the file).
1920s was Atwood's strongest decade.
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Atwood births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
113 births
- 1920s
1920s
114 births
- 1930s 33
1930s
33 births
- 1940s 39
1940s
39 births
- 1950s 30
1950s
30 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 114 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Atwood's decade-level peak was the 1920s (114 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Atwood: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1914)
Similar record span (~112 yrs)
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, 1911–2023 (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 Atwood 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.