Unisex name · since 2015
Fennec
139 babies named Fennec in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,258 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,687 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 139
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
139 babies have been named Fennec since 2015, making it today's #4687 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Fennec recorded 139 times among boys since 2015, holding rank #4687 nationally today, ahead of 66% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #15,258 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,687 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 139 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fennec ranks #15,258 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,687 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 139 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,258 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,687 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 139
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Fennec's 139 recorded births place it above 66.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Fennec compares
139 31st 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
Fennec's all-time total is 62% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Fennec | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 139 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 34 | 22,252 |
Fennec's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Fennec's full recorded timeline at 2020, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Fennec popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Fennec popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 2023 (Fennec as girls' name)
Fennec by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (99 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Fennec's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Fennec births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s
2020s
99 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 99 births (71% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Fennec: 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 (~10 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, 2015–2025 (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 Fennec 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.