Boys' name · since 1970
Django
297 babies named Django in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,642 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,313 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 297
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Django is the #12313 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 297 recorded since 1970.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Django has been recorded 297 times among boys since 1970, currently ranked #12313 nationally and more common than 12% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #10,642 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,313 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 297 born since 1970
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Django ranks #10,642 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,313 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 297 born since 1970, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,642 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,313 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 297
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
Django's 297 recorded births place it above 76.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Django compares
297 45th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Django's all-time total is 20% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Django | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 297 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 34 | 22,252 |
Django's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Django's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1970, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Django popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Django by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (127 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Django's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Django births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 27
1970s
27 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
110 births
- 2010s
2010s
127 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 127 births (43% of all-time use).
Django by state
Where Django concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 26 | 8.8% |
26 of 297 births nationwide.
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- Django's decade-level peak was the 2010s (127 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Djangos (26 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Django: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Django 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.