Boys' name · since 1963
Ensign
Ensign has 5 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1963 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #40,778 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 1963
- 1960s
- peak decade
Ensign sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 5 recorded since 1963.
Ensign has 5 recorded births among boys since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 1963.
- #40,778 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 5 born since 1963
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ensign ranks #40,778 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 5 born since 1963, peaking in the 1960s.
- #40,778 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 1963
- 1960s
- peak decade
Ensign's 5 recorded births place it above 0% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ensign popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1963
- Peak year (1963)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Ensign by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (5 births, 100% of the file).
1960s was Ensign's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ensign births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 5 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ensign: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~0 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, 1963–1963 (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 Ensign 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.