Iron — boys' name
23 babies named Iron in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Iron was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Iron in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Iron
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Iron between 1978 and 2019, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Iron currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Iron performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Iron shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Iron 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 23 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.
Iron at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Iron popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1978
- Peak year (2005)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
23 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 7 births in a single year.
Iron by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 10 births that decade — 43% of Iron's all-time total
Iron decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Iron's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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, 1978–2019 (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.