Total births
57
Boys' name · since 2003
Ptolemy
57 babies named Ptolemy in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 57
- total births
- 2003–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
57 boys have been named Ptolemy since 2003, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Ptolemy recorded 57 times among boys since 2003, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- 57 total births
- 2003–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 42% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
57 boys have been named Ptolemy since 2003, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 57
- total births
- 2003–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
42% of everyone ever named Ptolemy was born in this single decade.
2016
Single peak year
9 babies were named Ptolemy in 2016 - its busiest year on record.
Ptolemy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ptolemy's full recorded timeline at 2019, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ptolemy at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
2016
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2003
Ptolemy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Ptolemy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Ptolemy's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Ptolemy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 24 births (42% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Ptolemy? ▼
57 babies have been named Ptolemy since 2003. It was last recorded in 2025. The peak year was 2016 with 9 births.
When was Ptolemy most popular? ▼
Ptolemy was most popular in the 2020s decade with 24 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
How long has the name Ptolemy been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Ptolemy since 2003 -- 23 years through the most recent 2025 data.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2003–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Ptolemy: Baby Name Since 2003 - 57 Births, Peak 2016." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/ptolemy. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Ptolemy 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 July 2026.