Commie — boys' name
39 babies named Commie in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Commie was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Commie in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Commie
The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Commie between 1916 and 1956, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Commie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Commie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 17 additional births since 1913.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Commie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Commie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Commie 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 39 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.
Commie at a glance
Last recorded 1956Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Commie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1916
- Peak year (1916)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1956.
39 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 8 births in a single year.
Commie popularity over time — girls
17 total births recorded since 1913 (Commie as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Commie accounts for 30% of total recorded use across both genders.
Commie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 15 births that decade — 38% of Commie's all-time total
Commie decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Commie's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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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, 1916–1956 (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.