Unisex name · since 2010
Pistol
63 babies named Pistol in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,581 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 63
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
63 boys have been named Pistol since 2010, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Pistol has 63 recorded births among boys since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2017.
- #20,581 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 63 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pistol ranks #20,581 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 63 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,581 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 63
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Pistol's 63 recorded births place it above 54.68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pistol's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Pistol splits its recorded history at 2013: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2017 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Pistol popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2017
- Peak year (2012)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Pistol popularity over time - girls
19 total births recorded since 2013 (Pistol as girls' name)
Pistol by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (63 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Pistol's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Pistol births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 63 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Pistol: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2010–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Pistol draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.