Boys' name · since 1916
Frost
39 babies named Frost in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,864 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,494 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Frost is the #6494 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 39 recorded since 1916.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Frost has been recorded 39 times among boys since 1916, currently ranked #6494 nationally and more common than 53% 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 1916 to 2025.
- #23,864 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,494 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 39 born since 1916
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Frost ranks #23,864 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,494 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 39 born since 1916, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,864 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,494 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Frost's 39 recorded births place it above 47.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Frost compares
39 14th 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
Frost's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Frost | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 39 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Frost's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Frost's full recorded timeline at 2016, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Frost popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Frost by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (21 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Frost's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Frost births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
- 2020s
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 21 births (54% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Frost: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Frost 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.