Boys' name · since 2016
Calcifer
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 139 babies named Calcifer, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,249 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,849 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 139
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Calcifer is the #4849 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 139 recorded since 2016.
Calcifer has 139 recorded births among boys since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4849 as of the latest data, more common than 65% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #15,249 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,849 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 139 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calcifer ranks #15,249 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,849 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 139 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,249 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,849 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 139
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Calcifer's 139 recorded births place it above 66.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Calcifer compares
139 31st percentile among 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
Calcifer's all-time total is 62% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Calcifer | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 139 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 34 | 22,252 |
Calcifer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Calcifer's full recorded timeline at 2021, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 8 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Calcifer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Calcifer by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (103 births, 74% of the file).
2020s was Calcifer's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Calcifer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 36
2010s
36 births
- 2020s
2020s
103 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 103 births (74% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Calcifer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Calcifer 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.