Innocent — boys' name
71 babies named Innocent in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Innocent was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Innocent in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Innocent
The Social Security Administration has registered 71 babies named Innocent between 2007 and 2023, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Innocent currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Innocent is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2019.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Innocent performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Innocent shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Innocent 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 71 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.
Innocent at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Innocent popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2007
- Peak year (2021)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
71 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 10 births in a single year.
Innocent popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2019 (Innocent as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Innocent accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Innocent by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 33 births that decade — 46% of Innocent's all-time total
Innocent decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Innocent's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% 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, 2007–2023 (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.