Unisex name · since 2018
East
Since 2018, U.S. Social Security records show 80 babies named East, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,870 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,417 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 80
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- East is the #6417 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 80 recorded since 2018.
East has 80 recorded births among boys since 2018, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6417 as of the latest data, more common than 54% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #18,870 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,417 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 80 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, East ranks #18,870 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,417 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 80 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,870 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,417 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 80
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
East's 80 recorded births place it above 58.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How East compares
80 23rd 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
East's all-time total is 78% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | East | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 80 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
East's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting East's full recorded timeline at 2022, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
East popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
East popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2019 (East as girls' name)
East by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (70 births, 88% of the file).
2020s was East's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.
East births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 70 births (88% of all-time use).
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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, 2018–2025 (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 East 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.