North — #9889 US boys' name

What the Data Says About North

The Social Security Administration has registered 327 babies named North between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, North currently holds the #9889 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 21 babies received it in a single year. North is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 64 additional births since 2015.

Decade-level aggregation shows that North performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, North shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for North 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 327 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.