Real — #9971 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Real

The Social Security Administration has registered 395 babies named Real between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Real currently holds the #9971 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Real is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 26 additional births since 1993.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Real performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Real shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maine, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Hampshire and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Real in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Real 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 395 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.