Lord — #6209 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Lord

The Social Security Administration has registered 668 babies named Lord between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lord currently holds the #6209 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lord performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Lord shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lord in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lord 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 668 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.