Decatur — boys' name

What the Data Says About Decatur

The Social Security Administration has registered 54 babies named Decatur between 1916 and 2017, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Decatur currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1945, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Decatur performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Decatur shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Decatur 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 54 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.