Psalm — #1173 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Psalm

The Social Security Administration has registered 567 babies named Psalm between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Psalm currently holds the #1173 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 177 babies received it in a single year. Psalm is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 277 additional births since 1999.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Psalm performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 474 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Psalm shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 64 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Psalm in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Psalm 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 567 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.