Exar — #11774 US boys' name
11 babies named Exar in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 17% of names given to boys today.
55% of everyone ever named Exar was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Exar in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Exar
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Exar between 2010 and 2024, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Exar currently holds the #11774 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Exar performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Exar shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Exar 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 11 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.
Exar at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Exar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2010
- Peak year (2024)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
Currently ranks #11774 among boys.
11 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 6 births in a single year.
Exar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 6 births that decade — 55% of Exar's all-time total
Exar decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Exar's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2010–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.