Mansfield — boys' name
513 babies named Mansfield in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Mansfield was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Mansfield in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mansfield
The Social Security Administration has registered 513 babies named Mansfield between 1884 and 1993, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mansfield currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mansfield performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Mansfield shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mansfield in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mansfield 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 513 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.
Mansfield at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mansfield popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1884
- Peak year (1917)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
513 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 21 births in a single year.
Mansfield by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 125 births that decade — 24% of Mansfield's all-time total
Mansfield decade highlights
- Peak decade 125 births
- Runner-up 104 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Mansfield's strongest decade
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Mansfield by state
Where Mansfield concentrates geographically — total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 513 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1884–1993 (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.