Searcy — boys' name
226 babies named Searcy in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Searcy was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Searcy in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Searcy
The Social Security Administration has registered 226 babies named Searcy between 1914 and 1962, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Searcy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Searcy performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Searcy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Searcy in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Searcy 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 226 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.
Searcy at a glance
Last recorded 1962Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Searcy popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1914
- Peak year (1916)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1962.
226 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 12 births in a single year.
Searcy popularity over time — girls
11 total births recorded since 1940 (Searcy as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Searcy accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Searcy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 65 births that decade — 29% of Searcy's all-time total
Searcy decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Searcy's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Searcy by state
Where Searcy concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.5% of nationwide
- Arkansas 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1914–1962 (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.