Boys' name · since 1915
Mead
118 babies named Mead in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,328 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 118
- born since 1915
- 1940s
- peak decade
Mead sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 118 recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Mead recorded 118 times among boys since 1915, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1940s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2008.
- #16,328 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 118 born since 1915
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mead ranks #16,328 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 118 born since 1915, peaking in the 1940s.
- #16,328 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 118
- born since 1915
- 1940s
- peak decade
Mead's 118 recorded births place it above 64.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mead's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mead's SSA record in two at 1945 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1918 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mead popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2008
- Peak year (1918)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 94 years of records
Mead by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (21 births, 18% of the file).
1940s was Mead's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Mead births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
18 births
- 1920s
1920s
18 births
- 1930s
1930s
17 births
- 1940s
1940s
21 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
17 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 21 births (18% of all-time use).
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What to do with Mead's data
- Mead's decade-level peak was the 1940s (21 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mead: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~93 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, 1915–2008 (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 Mead 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.