Boys' name · since 2020
Fjord
Fjord has 15 recorded births since 2020 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,344 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Fjord sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 15 recorded since 2020.
Fjord has 15 recorded births among boys since 2020, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2020 to 2021.
- #31,344 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 15 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fjord ranks #31,344 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,344 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Fjord's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Fjord's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Fjord's full recorded timeline at 2021, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Fjord popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2021
- Peak year (2020)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Fjord by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (15 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Fjord's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Fjord births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 15 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Fjord: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~1 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, 2020–2021 (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 Fjord 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.