Boys' name · since 2021
Neptune
Since 2021, U.S. Social Security records show 24 babies named Neptune, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,599 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,631 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 24
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
24 babies have been named Neptune since 2021, making it today's #9631 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Neptune recorded 24 times among boys since 2021, holding rank #9631 nationally today, ahead of 31% 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 2021 to 2025.
- #27,599 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,631 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 24 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Neptune ranks #27,599 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,631 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 24 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,599 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,631 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 24
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Neptune's 24 recorded births place it above 39.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Neptune compares
24 9th 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
Neptune's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Neptune | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 24 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Neptune's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Neptune's full recorded timeline at 2022, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Neptune popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Neptune by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (24 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Neptune's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Neptune births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 24 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Neptune: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~4 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, 2021–2025 (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 Neptune 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.