Lopez — boys' name
90 babies named Lopez in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Lopez was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Lopez in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lopez
The Social Security Administration has registered 90 babies named Lopez between 1915 and 1995, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lopez currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lopez performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lopez shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lopez 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 90 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.
Lopez at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lopez popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1915
- Peak year (1982)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 81 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
90 total births across 81 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 9 births in a single year.
Lopez by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 29 births that decade — 32% of Lopez's all-time total
Lopez decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Lopez's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% 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, 1915–1995 (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.