Greatness — #13472 US boys' name
39 babies named Greatness in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 5% of names given to boys today.
72% of everyone ever named Greatness was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Greatness in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Greatness
The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Greatness between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Greatness currently holds the #13472 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Greatness is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2017.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Greatness performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Greatness shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Greatness in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 39 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Greatness at a glance
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Current rank
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Greatness popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2012
- Peak year (2023)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
Currently ranks #13472 among boys.
39 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 11 births in a single year.
Greatness popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 2017 (Greatness as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Greatness accounts for 20% of total recorded use across both genders.
Greatness by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 28 births that decade — 72% of Greatness's all-time total
Greatness decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Greatness's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2012–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.