Boys' name · since 1920
Mallard
13 babies named Mallard in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,222 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,004 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 13
- born since 1920
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mallard currently ranks #9004 among boys' names in America, with 13 babies recorded since 1920.
Mallard has 13 recorded births among boys since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9004 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #32,222 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,004 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 13 born since 1920
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mallard ranks #32,222 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,004 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 13 born since 1920, peaking in the 2020s.
- #32,222 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,004 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 13
- born since 1920
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mallard's 13 recorded births place it above 28.77% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mallard compares
13 5th percentile among 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
Mallard's all-time total is 96% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mallard | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mallard's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mallard splits its recorded history at 2025: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mallard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Mallard by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (8 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Mallard's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Mallard births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 8 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mallard: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1920–2025 (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 Mallard 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.