Havoc — #8114 US boys' name
170 babies named Havoc in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 43% of names given to boys today.
64% of everyone ever named Havoc was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Havoc in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Havoc
The Social Security Administration has registered 170 babies named Havoc between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Havoc currently holds the #8114 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Havoc performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Havoc shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Havoc 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 170 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.
Havoc at a glance
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Current rank
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Havoc popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2008
- Peak year (2018)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #8114 among boys.
170 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 20 births in a single year.
Havoc by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 109 births that decade — 64% of Havoc's all-time total
Havoc decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Havoc's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% 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, 2008–2024 (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.