Press — boys' name
241 babies named Press in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Press was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Press in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Press
The Social Security Administration has registered 241 babies named Press between 1880 and 1955, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Press currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Press performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Press shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Press in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 241 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Press at a glance
Last recorded 1955Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Press popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1880
- Peak year (1926)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1955.
241 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 13 births in a single year.
Press by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 57 births that decade — 24% of Press's all-time total
Press decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Press's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–1955 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.