Sank — boys' name
10 babies named Sank in U.S. Social Security records since 1890, with the highest year being 1890. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Sank was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Sank in 1890 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sank
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Sank between 1890 and 1897, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sank currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1897. The name reached its historical peak in 1890, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sank performed strongest in the 1890s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sank 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 10 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.
Sank at a glance
Last recorded 1897Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sank popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1897–1890
- Peak year (1890)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1897.
10 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1890 with 5 births in a single year.
Sank by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1890s
- 10 births that decade — 100% of Sank's all-time total
Sank decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1890s was Sank's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1890–1897 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.