Boys' name · since 1974
Detron
Detron has 146 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,914 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 146
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
146 boys have been named Detron since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Detron has been recorded 146 times among boys since 1974, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2012.
- #14,914 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 146 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Detron ranks #14,914 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 146 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,914 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 146
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Detron's 146 recorded births place it above 67.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Detron's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Detron's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Detron popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2012
- Peak year (1980)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Detron by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (67 births, 46% of the file).
1980s was Detron's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Detron births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
67 births
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 67 births (46% of all-time use).
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What to do with Detron's data
- Detron's decade-level peak was the 1980s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Detron: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
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, 1974–2012 (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 Detron 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.