Methuselah — #14127 US boys' name
5 babies named Methuselah in U.S. Social Security records since 2024, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 1% of names given to boys today.
100% of everyone ever named Methuselah was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Methuselah in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Methuselah
The Social Security Administration has registered 5 babies named Methuselah between 2024 and 2024, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Methuselah currently holds the #14127 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Methuselah performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Methuselah 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 5 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.
Methuselah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Methuselah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
Currently ranks #14127 among boys.
5 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 5 births in a single year.
Methuselah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 5 births that decade — 100% of Methuselah's all-time total
Methuselah decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Methuselah's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 2024–2024 (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.