Hemingway — #13591 US boys' name
33 babies named Hemingway in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2018. 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.
85% of everyone ever named Hemingway was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Hemingway in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hemingway
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Hemingway between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hemingway currently holds the #13591 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hemingway performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Hemingway shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hemingway 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 33 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.
Hemingway at a glance
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Current rank
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Hemingway popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2015
- Peak year (2018)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
Currently ranks #13591 among boys.
33 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 10 births in a single year.
Hemingway by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 28 births that decade — 85% of Hemingway's all-time total
Hemingway decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Hemingway's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 85% 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, 2015–2024 (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.