Boys' name · since 2010
Poseidon
344 babies named Poseidon in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,846 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,666 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 344
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Poseidon currently ranks #4666 among boys' names in America, with 344 babies recorded since 2010.
Social Security Administration records show Poseidon recorded 344 times among boys since 2010, holding rank #4666 nationally today, ahead of 67% 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.
- #9,846 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,666 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 344 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Poseidon ranks #9,846 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,666 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 344 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,846 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,666 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 344
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Poseidon's 344 recorded births place it above 78.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Poseidon compares
344 48th 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
Poseidon's all-time total is 7% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Poseidon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 344 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 34 | 22,252 |
Poseidon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Poseidon splits its recorded history at 2018: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (9 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 34 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Poseidon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Poseidon by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (192 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Poseidon's strongest decade.
192 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Poseidon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
192 births
- 2020s
2020s
152 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 192 births (56% of all-time use).
Poseidon by state
Where Poseidon concentrates geographically, total births since 2010
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 21 | 6.1% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.5% |
21 of 344 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Poseidon's data
- Poseidon's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (192 total births) through the 2020s (152) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Poseidons (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Poseidon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
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 Poseidon 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.