Custer — boys' name

What the Data Says About Custer

The Social Security Administration has registered 124 babies named Custer between 1904 and 1950, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Custer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1950. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Custer performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Custer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Custer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Custer 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 124 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.