Righteous — #4388 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Righteous

The Social Security Administration has registered 244 babies named Righteous between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Righteous currently holds the #4388 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 24 babies received it in a single year. Righteous is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 49 additional births since 2011.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Righteous performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Righteous shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Righteous in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Righteous 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 244 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.