Boys' name · since 1919
Boykin
Boykin has 117 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,356 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 117
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
117 boys have been named Boykin since 1919, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Boykin has 117 recorded births among boys since 1919, 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 1919 to 1952.
- #16,356 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 117 born since 1919
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Boykin ranks #16,356 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 117 born since 1919, peaking in the 1920s.
- #16,356 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 117
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
Boykin's 117 recorded births place it above 63.92% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Boykin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Boykin splits its recorded history at 1931: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1921 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1922 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Boykin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1952
- Peak year (1922)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Boykin by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (53 births, 45% of the file).
1920s was Boykin's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Boykin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
53 births
- 1930s
1930s
22 births
- 1940s
1940s
26 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 53 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Boykin's decade-level peak was the 1920s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1950s -- 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 Boykin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~33 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, 1919–1952 (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 Boykin 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.