Life — #11605 US boys' name
56 babies named Life in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Life was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Life in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Life
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Life between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Life currently holds the #11605 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Life is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 22 additional births since 2004.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Life performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Life shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Life 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 56 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.
Life at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Life popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2003)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #11605 among boys.
56 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 8 births in a single year.
Life popularity over time — girls
22 total births recorded since 2004 (Life as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Life accounts for 28% of total recorded use across both genders.
Life by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 26 births that decade — 46% of Life's all-time total
Life decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Life's strongest decade
26 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, 2003–2024 (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.