Unisex name · since 1922
Excel
Since 1922, U.S. Social Security records show 29 babies named Excel, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,066 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,186 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 1922
- 2020s
- peak decade
Excel currently ranks #12186 among unisex names in America, with 29 babies recorded since 1922.
Excel has 29 recorded births among boys since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12186 as of the latest data, more common than 13% 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 1922 to 2025.
- #26,066 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,186 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 29 born since 1922
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Excel ranks #26,066 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,186 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 29 born since 1922, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,066 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,186 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 1922
- 2020s
- peak decade
Excel's 29 recorded births place it above 42.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Excel compares
29 11th 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
Excel's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Excel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 29 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Excel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Excel's full recorded timeline at 2022, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Excel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Excel popularity over time - girls
25 total births recorded since 2014 (Excel as girls' name)
Excel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (18 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Excel's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Excel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18 births (62% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Excel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~103 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, 1922–2025 (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 Excel 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.