Boys' name · since 2020
Ghost
10 babies named Ghost in U.S. Social Security records since 2020, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,814 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ghost is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 10 have been recorded since 2020.
Ghost has 10 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 2023.
- #34,814 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 10 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ghost ranks #34,814 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #34,814 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ghost's 10 recorded births place it above 21.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ghost's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ghost's full recorded timeline at 2023, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births.
Ghost popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2023
- Peak year (2020)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Ghost by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Ghost's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ghost births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ghost: 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 (~3 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, 2020–2023 (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 Ghost 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.