US rank #13806 Girls' name Peak 2004 249 births

Comfort — #13806 US girls' name

249 babies named Comfort in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s241980s491990s332000s662010s462020s31
#13806
of 17,661 girls in use

More common than 22% of names given to girls today.

2000s
Peak decade

27% of everyone ever named Comfort was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

12 babies were named Comfort in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Comfort

The Social Security Administration has registered 249 babies named Comfort between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Comfort currently holds the #13806 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Comfort performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Comfort shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Comfort in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Comfort in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 249 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Comfort at a glance

Outside the top 1,000

Total births

249

Since 1974

51 years of records

Peak year

2004

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

#13,806

Among girls

As of 2024

Active since

1974

Recorded for 51 years

Last year on file: 2024

Comfort popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2004)
12
Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
468101214 20242018201120061998198919821974 6

Comfort by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
66 births that decade — 27% of Comfort's all-time total
1970s241980s491990s332000s662010s462020s31

Comfort by state

Where Comfort concentrates geographically — total births since 1974

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Comfort
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 2.0%
California share of Comfort's total US births 2.0%

5 of 249 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Comfort?
249 babies have been named Comfort since 1974. It currently ranks #13806 among girls. The peak year was 2004 with 12 births.
When was Comfort most popular?
Comfort was most popular in the 2000s decade with 66 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Comfort most popular?
The top states for the name Comfort are California (5 births).
How long has the name Comfort been used?
Comfort has been recorded in Social Security data since 1974, spanning 51 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Comfort?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Comilla, Commie, Coma, Comeka, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.