Boys' name · since 2016
Fenrir
125 babies named Fenrir in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,952 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,611 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 125
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Fenrir currently ranks #7611 among boys' names in America, with 125 babies recorded since 2016.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fenrir has been recorded 125 times among boys since 2016, currently ranked #7611 nationally and more common than 45% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #15,952 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,611 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 125 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fenrir ranks #15,952 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,611 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 125 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,952 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,611 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 125
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Fenrir's 125 recorded births place it above 64.84% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Fenrir compares
125 29th 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
Fenrir's all-time total is 66% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Fenrir | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 125 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Fenrir's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Fenrir's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Fenrir popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Fenrir by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (93 births, 74% of the file).
2020s was Fenrir's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Fenrir births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 32
2010s
32 births
- 2020s
2020s
93 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 93 births (74% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Fenrir: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Fenrir 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.