Boys' name · since 2016
Range
25 babies named Range in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,340 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Range is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 25 have been recorded since 2016.
Range has 25 recorded births among boys since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2016 to 2022.
- #27,340 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 25 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Range ranks #27,340 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,340 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Range's 25 recorded births place it above 39.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Range's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Range splits its recorded history at 2021: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2021 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Range popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2022
- Peak year (2020)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Range by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (19 births, 76% of the file).
2020s was Range's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Range births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 19 births (76% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Range: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2016–2022 (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 Range 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.