Boys' name · since 2009
Hopper
92 babies named Hopper in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,952 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,458 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 92
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hopper is the #9458 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 92 recorded since 2009.
Social Security Administration records show Hopper recorded 92 times among boys since 2009, holding rank #9458 nationally today, ahead of 32% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #17,952 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,458 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 92 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hopper ranks #17,952 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,458 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 92 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,952 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,458 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 92
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hopper's 92 recorded births place it above 60.42% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hopper compares
92 25th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hopper's all-time total is 75% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hopper | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 92 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Hopper's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hopper's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hopper popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Hopper by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (50 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Hopper's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Hopper births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
- 2020s
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 50 births (54% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hopper: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Hopper 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.