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.
83% of everyone ever named Packer was born in this single decade.
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 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Packer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2007
- Peak year (2012)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
35 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 7 births in a single year.
Packer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 29 births that decade — 83% of Packer's all-time total
Packer decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Packer's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 83% of all-time use.
Packer by state
Where Packer concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 5 | 14.3% |
5 of 35 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 14.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 14.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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.