Unisex name · since 2005
Poet
Since 2005, U.S. Social Security records show 239 babies named Poet, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,044 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,359 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 239
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
239 babies have been named Poet since 2005, making it today's #5359 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Poet recorded 239 times among girls since 2005, holding rank #5359 nationally today, ahead of 69% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #18,044 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,359 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 239 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Poet ranks #18,044 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,359 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 239 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,044 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,359 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 239
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Poet's 239 recorded births place it above 75.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Poet compares
239 40th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Poet's all-time total is 36% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Poet | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 239 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Poet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Poet's full recorded timeline at 2016, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Poet popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Poet popularity over time - boys
134 total births recorded since 2007 (Poet as boys' name)
Poet by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (100 births, 42% of the file).
2020s was Poet's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Poet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
47 births
- 2010s
2010s
92 births
- 2020s
2020s
100 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 100 births (42% of all-time use).
Poet by state
Where Poet concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 4.2% |
10 of 239 births nationwide.
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What to do with Poet's data
- California records the most Poets (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Poet: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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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, 2005–2025 (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 Poet 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.