Boys' name · since 2005
Navier
137 babies named Navier in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,380 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,684 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 137
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Navier is the #6684 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 137 recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Navier recorded 137 times among boys since 2005, holding rank #6684 nationally today, ahead of 52% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #15,380 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,684 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 137 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Navier ranks #15,380 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,684 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 137 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,380 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,684 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 137
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Navier's 137 recorded births place it above 66.15% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Navier compares
137 31st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Navier's all-time total is 63% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Navier | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 137 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Navier's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Navier splits its recorded history at 2018: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Navier popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Navier by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (76 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Navier's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Navier births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s
2020s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 76 births (55% of all-time use).
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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, 2005–2025 (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 Navier 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.