Boys' name · since 1917
Lord
678 babies named Lord in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,575 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,747 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 678
- born since 1917
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lord currently ranks #7747 among boys' names in America, with 678 babies recorded since 1917.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lord has been recorded 678 times among boys since 1917, currently ranked #7747 nationally and more common than 44% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #6,575 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,747 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 678 born since 1917
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lord ranks #6,575 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,747 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 678 born since 1917, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,575 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,747 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 678
- born since 1917
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lord's 678 recorded births place it above 85.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Lord compares
678 Top 38% higher than 62% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lord's all-time total is 84% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lord | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 678 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 34 | 22,252 |
Lord's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lord's full recorded timeline at 1991, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 29 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lord popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Lord by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (130 births, 19% of the file).
2010s was Lord's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Lord births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 21
1920s
21 births
- 1930s 13
1930s
13 births
- 1940s 18
1940s
18 births
- 1950s 27
1950s
27 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
69 births
- 1980s
1980s
71 births
- 1990s
1990s
99 births
- 2000s
2000s
101 births
- 2010s
2010s
130 births
- 2020s
2020s
112 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 130 births (19% of all-time use).
How Lord compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Lord's total volume
Lord by state
Where Lord concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 17 | 2.5% |
17 of 678 births nationwide.
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What to do with Lord's data
- Lord's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (130 total births) through the 2020s (112) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Lords (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lord: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~108 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lord draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.