Boys' name · since 2020
Folsom
Since 2020, U.S. Social Security records show 14 babies named Folsom, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,807 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 14
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Folsom sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 14 recorded since 2020.
Folsom has 14 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 2024.
- #31,807 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 14 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Folsom ranks #31,807 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 14 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,807 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 14
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Folsom's 14 recorded births place it above 29.67% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Folsom's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Folsom splits its recorded history at 2024: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2020 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Folsom popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2024.
14 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 8 births in a single year.
Folsom by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (14 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Folsom's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Folsom births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 14 births (100% of all-time use).
Folsom decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Folsom: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~4 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, 2020–2024 (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 Folsom 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.
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