Total births
63
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.
- 63
- total births
- 2010–2017
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that 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.
- 63 total births
- 2010–2017 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
63 boys have been named Pistol since 2010, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2017.
- 63
- total births
- 2010–2017
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Pistol was born in this single decade.
2012
Single peak year
14 babies were named Pistol in 2012 - its busiest year on record.
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 at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
2012
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2010
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
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Pistol? ▼
Pistol has been given to 63 babies in the U.S. since 2010, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2017. 14 babies were born in 2012, its single highest year.
When was Pistol most popular? ▼
Pistol was most popular in the 2010s decade with 63 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
Is Pistol a unisex name? ▼
Yes, Pistol is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 63 births, and as a girl's name it has 19 births.
How long has the name Pistol been used? ▼
Records for Pistol go back to 2010, giving 8 years of history through 2017.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Pistol: Baby Name Since 2010 - 63 Births, Peak 2012." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/pistol. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 July 2026.