Unisex name · since 1922
Posey
Posey has 599 recorded births since 1922 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,570 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,399 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 599
- born since 1922
- 2020s
- peak decade
599 babies have been named Posey since 1922, making it today's #3399 unisex name.
Posey has 599 recorded births among girls since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3399 as of the latest data, more common than 80% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 2025.
- #10,570 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,399 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 599 born since 1922
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Posey ranks #10,570 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,399 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 599 born since 1922, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,570 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,399 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 599
- born since 1922
- 2020s
- peak decade
Posey's 599 recorded births place it above 85.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Posey compares
599 Top 42% higher than 58% of 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
Posey's all-time total is 59% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Posey | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 599 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 54 | 21 | 19,840 |
Posey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Posey's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 78% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 22%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1923, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 54, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Posey popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Posey popularity over time - boys
396 total births recorded since 1888 (Posey as boys' name)
Posey by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (294 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Posey's strongest decade.
294 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Posey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
265 births
- 2020s
2020s
294 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 294 births (49% of all-time use).
How Posey compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Posey's total volume
Posey by state
Where Posey concentrates geographically, total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 52 | 8.7% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 16 | 2.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 13 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Utah | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Washington | | 5 | 0.8% |
52 of 599 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- California records the most Poseys (52 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 Posey: 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 (~103 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, 1922–2025 (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 Posey 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.