Boys' name · since 1915
Master
476 babies named Master in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,140 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,299 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 476
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Master currently ranks #8299 among boys' names in America, with 476 babies recorded since 1915.
Master has 476 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8299 as of the latest data, more common than 40% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #8,140 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,299 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 476 born since 1915
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Master ranks #8,140 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,299 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 476 born since 1915, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,140 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,299 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 476
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Master's 476 recorded births place it above 82.09% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Master compares
476 Top 45% higher than 55% 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
Master's all-time total is 29% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Master | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 476 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Master's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Master splits its recorded history at 2000: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Master popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Master by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (122 births, 26% of the file).
2010s was Master's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Master births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s 10
1920s
10 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1970s 21
1970s
21 births
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s
1990s
78 births
- 2000s
2000s
83 births
- 2010s
2010s
122 births
- 2020s
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 122 births (26% of all-time use).
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- Master's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (122 total births) through the 2020s (80) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Master: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Master 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.