Metro — boys' name

What the Data Says About Metro

The Social Security Administration has registered 522 babies named Metro between 1908 and 1958, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Metro currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Metro performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 249 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Metro shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 309 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Metro in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Metro 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 522 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.