Unisex name · since 2010
Child
Child has 78 recorded births since 2010 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,059 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 78
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Child is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 78 have been recorded since 2010.
Child has 78 recorded births among boys since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2012.
- #19,059 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 78 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Child ranks #19,059 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 78 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,059 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 78
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Child's 78 recorded births place it above 57.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Maryland.
Child's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Child splits its recorded history at 2011: 90% of all births land in the more recent half, 10% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (8 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 42 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Child popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2012
- Peak year (2012)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Child popularity over time - girls
53 total births recorded since 2010 (Child as girls' name)
Child by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (78 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Child's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Child births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 78 births (100% of all-time use).
Child by state
Where Child concentrates geographically, total births since 2010
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maryland | | 77 | 98.7% |
77 of 78 births nationwide.
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- Maryland records the most Childs (77 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Maryland names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Child: 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 (~2 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, 2010–2012 (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 Child 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.