Boys' name · since 1913
President
President has 45 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1919 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,951 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 45
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
President sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 45 recorded since 1913.
President has 45 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2018.
- #22,951 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 45 born since 1913
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, President ranks #22,951 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 45 born since 1913, peaking in the 1920s.
- #22,951 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 45
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
President's 45 recorded births place it above 49.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Mississippi.
President's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting President's full recorded timeline at 1922, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1913, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1919 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
President popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2018
- Peak year (1919)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
President by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (22 births, 49% of the file).
1920s was President's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
President births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
22 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 22 births (49% of all-time use).
President by state
Where President concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 11.1% |
5 of 45 births nationwide.
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What to do with President's data
- President's decade-level peak was the 1920s (22 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Mississippi records the most Presidents (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Mississippi 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 President: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1913–2018 (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 President 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.