Boys' name · since 1914
Champion
744 babies named Champion in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,177 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,767 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 744
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
Champion currently ranks #3767 among boys' names in America, with 744 babies recorded since 1914.
Champion has 744 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3767 as of the latest data, more common than 73% 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 1914 to 2025.
- #6,177 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,767 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 744 born since 1914
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Champion ranks #6,177 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,767 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 744 born since 1914, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,177 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,767 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 744
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
Champion's 744 recorded births place it above 86.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Champion compares
744 Top 36% higher than 64% 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
Champion's all-time total is 102% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Champion | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 744 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 71 | 34 | 22,252 |
Champion's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Champion's full recorded timeline at 2011, 84% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 16% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 71 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Champion popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 71
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Champion by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (318 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Champion's strongest decade.
318 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Champion births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 14
1910s
14 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 81
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
316 births
- 2020s
2020s
318 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 318 births (43% of all-time use).
How Champion 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 Champion's total volume
Champion by state
Where Champion concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 68 | 9.1% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 42 | 5.6% |
| #3 | California | | 24 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 22 | 3.0% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #6 | New York | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.7% |
68 of 744 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Champion's data
- Texas records the most Champions (68 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Champion: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Champion 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.