Boys' name · since 1882
Greene
Greene has 121 recorded births since 1882 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1919 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,167 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 121
- born since 1882
- 1920s
- peak decade
Greene is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 121 have been recorded since 1882.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Greene has been recorded 121 times among boys since 1882, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1882 to 1948.
- #16,167 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 121 born since 1882
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Greene ranks #16,167 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 121 born since 1882, peaking in the 1920s.
- #16,167 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 121
- born since 1882
- 1920s
- peak decade
Greene's 121 recorded births place it above 64.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Greene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Greene's SSA record in two at 1922 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1882, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1919 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Greene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1882–1948
- Peak year (1919)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Greene by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (58 births, 48% of the file).
1920s was Greene's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Greene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
37 births
- 1920s
1920s
58 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 58 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Greene's decade-level peak was the 1920s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1882–1948 (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 Greene 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.