Boys' name · since 1920
Church
Church has 33 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,090 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,003 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 33
- born since 1920
- 2020s
- peak decade
Church currently ranks #9003 among boys' names in America, with 33 babies recorded since 1920.
Social Security Administration records show Church recorded 33 times among boys since 1920, holding rank #9003 nationally today, ahead of 35% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #25,090 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,003 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 33 born since 1920
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Church ranks #25,090 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,003 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 33 born since 1920, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,090 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,003 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 33
- born since 1920
- 2020s
- peak decade
Church's 33 recorded births place it above 44.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Church compares
33 12th 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
Church's all-time total is 91% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Church | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 33 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Church's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Church's full recorded timeline at 2020, 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 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Church popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Church by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (22 births, 67% of the file).
2020s was Church's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Church births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 22 births (67% of all-time use).
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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, 1920–2025 (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 Church 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.