Master — #9955 US boys' name
467 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.
More common than 30% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Master was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Master in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Master
The Social Security Administration has registered 467 babies named Master between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Master currently holds the #9955 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Master performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Master shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Master 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 467 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.
Master at a glance
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Current rank
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Master popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2018)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #9955 among boys.
467 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 21 births in a single year.
Master by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 122 births that decade — 26% of Master's all-time total
Master decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Master's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
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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, 1915–2024 (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.