Boys' name · since 1983
Babyboy
2,291 babies named Babyboy in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,026 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,975 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,291
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Babyboy is the #5975 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 2,291 recorded since 1983.
Social Security Administration records show Babyboy recorded 2,291 times among boys since 1983, holding rank #5975 nationally today, ahead of 57% of boys, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #3,026 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,975 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,291 born since 1983
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Babyboy ranks #3,026 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,975 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,291 born since 1983, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,026 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,975 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,291
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Babyboy's 2,291 recorded births place it above 93.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Babyboy compares
2,291 Top 20% higher than 80% of 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
Babyboy's all-time total is 6x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Babyboy | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,291 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 141 | 34 | 22,252 |
Babyboy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Babyboy splits its recorded history at 2004: 27% of all births land in the more recent half, 73% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1983 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 141 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Babyboy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 141
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Babyboy by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (968 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Babyboy's strongest decade.
968 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Babyboy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 272
1980s
272 births
- 1990s
1990s
968 births
- 2000s
2000s
645 births
- 2010s 212
2010s
212 births
- 2020s 194
2020s
194 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 968 births (42% of all-time use).
How Babyboy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Babyboy's total volume
Babyboy by state
Where Babyboy concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 369 | 16.1% |
| #2 | California | | 115 | 5.0% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 110 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 97 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 88 | 3.8% |
| #6 | New York | | 84 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Washington | | 83 | 3.6% |
| #8 | District of Columbia | | 69 | 3.0% |
369 of 2,291 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Babyboy appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Babyboy's data
- Babyboy's decade-level peak was the 1990s (968 total births); usage has since declined to 194 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Babyboys (369 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Babyboy
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Babyboy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1983–2025 (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 Babyboy 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.