Boys' name · since 1891
Navajo
5 babies named Navajo in U.S. Social Security records since 1891, with the highest year being 1891. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #43,350 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 1891
- 1890s
- peak decade
Navajo is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 5 have been recorded since 1891.
Navajo has 5 recorded births among boys since 1891, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1890s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1891 to 1891.
- #43,350 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 5 born since 1891
- 1890s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Navajo ranks #43,350 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 5 born since 1891, peaking in the 1890s.
- #43,350 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 1891
- 1890s
- peak decade
Navajo's 5 recorded births place it above 0% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Navajo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1891–1891
- Peak year (1891)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Navajo by decade
1890s is the heaviest window (5 births, 100% of the file).
1890s was Navajo's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Navajo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1890s at 5 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Navajo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1891)
Similar record span (~0 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, 1891–1891 (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 Navajo 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.