Boykin — boys' name
117 babies named Boykin in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Boykin was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Boykin in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Boykin
The Social Security Administration has registered 117 babies named Boykin between 1919 and 1952, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Boykin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1952. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Boykin performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Boykin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Boykin 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 117 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.
Boykin at a glance
Last recorded 1952Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Boykin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1919
- Peak year (1922)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1952.
117 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 9 births in a single year.
Boykin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 53 births that decade — 45% of Boykin's all-time total
Boykin decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Boykin's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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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, 1919–1952 (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.