Recorded 2007–2017 Boys' name Peak 2012 35 births

Packer — boys' name

35 babies named Packer in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s62010s29
2010s
Peak decade

83% of everyone ever named Packer was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

7 babies were named Packer in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Packer

The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Packer between 2007 and 2017, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Packer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Packer performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Packer shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Packer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Packer 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 35 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.

Packer at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

35

Since 2007

11 years of records

Peak year

2012

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

2007

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 2017

Packer popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2007

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2012)
7
Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 201720152012201120102007 6

Packer by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
29 births that decade — 83% of Packer's all-time total
2000s62010s29

Packer by state

Where Packer concentrates geographically — total births since 2007

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Packer
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Utah
5 14.3%
Utah share of Packer's total US births 14.3%

5 of 35 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Packer?
35 babies have been named Packer since 2007. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2012 with 7 births.
When was Packer most popular?
Packer was most popular in the 2010s decade with 29 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
Where is Packer most popular?
The top states for the name Packer are Utah (5 births).
How long has the name Packer been used?
Packer has been recorded in Social Security data since 2007, spanning 11 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Packer?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Pace, Pacey, Paco, Pacen, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2007–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.