Lieutenant — boys' name

What the Data Says About Lieutenant

The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Lieutenant between 1912 and 1965, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lieutenant currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lieutenant performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lieutenant shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lieutenant in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lieutenant 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 199 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.