Unisex name · since 1910
Choice
Choice has 273 recorded births since 1910 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,169 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,889 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 273
- born since 1910
- 1920s
- peak decade
Choice currently ranks #5889 among unisex names in America, with 273 babies recorded since 1910.
Choice has 273 recorded births among boys since 1910, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5889 as of the latest data, more common than 58% of boys, 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 1910 to 2025.
- #11,169 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,889 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 273 born since 1910
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Choice ranks #11,169 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,889 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 273 born since 1910, peaking in the 1920s.
- #11,169 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,889 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 273
- born since 1910
- 1920s
- peak decade
Choice's 273 recorded births place it above 75.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Oklahoma.
How Choice compares
273 43rd 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
Choice's all-time total is 26% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Choice | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 273 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Choice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Choice splits its recorded history at 1942: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1910 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Choice popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 116 years of records
Choice popularity over time - girls
27 total births recorded since 2015 (Choice as girls' name)
Choice by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (63 births, 23% of the file).
1920s was Choice's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Choice births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 22
1910s
22 births
- 1920s
1920s
63 births
- 1930s
1930s
46 births
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1970s 9
1970s
9 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 63 births (23% of all-time use).
Choice by state
Where Choice concentrates geographically, total births since 1910
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What to do with Choice's data
- Choice's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (63 total births) through the 2020s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Oklahoma records the most Choices (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Oklahoma 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 Choice: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~115 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, 1910–2025 (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 Choice 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.