Unisex name · since 1983
Infant
Infant has 4,230 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,001 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 4,230
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
4,230 boys have been named Infant since 1983, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Infant has 4,230 recorded births among boys since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2024.
- #2,001 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 4,230 born since 1983
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Infant ranks #2,001 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 4,230 born since 1983, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,001 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 4,230
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Infant's 4,230 recorded births place it above 95.6% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
Infant's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Infant splits its recorded history at 2003: 12% of all births land in the more recent half, 88% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 596 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Infant popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2024
- Peak year (1990)
- 596
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Infant popularity over time - girls
3,908 total births recorded since 1984 (Infant as girls' name)
Infant by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,708 births, 64% of the file).
1990s was Infant's strongest decade.
2,708 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Infant births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 553
1980s
553 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,708 births
- 2000s 809
2000s
809 births
- 2010s 78
2010s
78 births
- 2020s 82
2020s
82 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,708 births (64% of all-time use).
How Infant compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Infant's total volume
Infant by state
Where Infant concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,400 | 80.4% |
| #2 | Indiana | | 417 | 9.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 74 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 49 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 40 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 10 | 0.2% |
| #7 | Maine | | 7 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Washington | | 5 | 0.1% |
3,400 of 4,230 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Infant's data
- Infant's decade-level peak was the 1990s (2,708 total births); usage has since declined to 82 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Infants (3,400 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Infant: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1983–2024 (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 Infant 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.