Unisex name · since 2010
Poe
Poe has 88 recorded births since 2010 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,250 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,346 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 88
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Poe is the #10346 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 88 recorded since 2010.
Social Security Administration records show Poe recorded 88 times among boys since 2010, holding rank #10346 nationally today, ahead of 26% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #18,250 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,346 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 88 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Poe ranks #18,250 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,346 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 88 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,250 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,346 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 88
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Poe's 88 recorded births place it above 59.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Poe compares
88 24th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Poe's all-time total is 76% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Poe | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 88 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Poe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Poe's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Poe popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Poe popularity over time - girls
29 total births recorded since 2014 (Poe as girls' name)
Poe by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (44 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Poe's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Poe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 44 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Poe's data
- Poe's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (44 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Poe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2010–2025 (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 Poe 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.