Not — boys' name

What the Data Says About Not

The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Not between 1998 and 2008, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Not currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Not performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Not shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arizona, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Not in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Not 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 12 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.