Sears — boys' name
68 babies named Sears in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Sears was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Sears in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sears
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Sears between 1911 and 1963, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sears currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sears performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sears shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sears 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 68 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.
Sears at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sears popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1911
- Peak year (1921)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
68 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 8 births in a single year.
Sears by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 28 births that decade — 41% of Sears's all-time total
Sears decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Sears's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1911–1963 (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.