Pilot — boys' name

What the Data Says About Pilot

The Social Security Administration has registered 160 babies named Pilot between 2005 and 2023, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pilot currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pilot performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Pilot shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pilot 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 160 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.