Total births
16
Boys' name · since 1989
Senator
Senator has 16 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 16
- total births
- 1989–2009
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
Senator sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 16 recorded since 1989.
Senator has 16 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2009.
- 16 total births
- 1989–2009 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 63% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
16 boys have been named Senator since 1989, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2009.
- 16
- total births
- 1989–2009
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade
63% of everyone ever named Senator was born in this single decade.
1989
Single peak year
6 babies were named Senator in 1989 - its busiest year on record.
Senator's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Senator's full recorded timeline at 2006, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Senator at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
1989
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1989
Senator popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2009
- Peak year (1989)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Senator by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Senator's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Senator births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 10 births (63% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Senator? ▼
Senator has been given to 16 babies in the U.S. since 1989, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2009. 6 babies were born in 1989, its single highest year.
When was Senator most popular? ▼
Senator was most popular in the 2000s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1989.
How long has the name Senator been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Senator since 1989 -- 21 years through the most recent 2009 data.
What names are similar to Senator? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Seneca, Seng, Sena, Sencere, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Senator: Baby Name Since 1989 - 16 Births, Peak 1989." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/senator. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Senator draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.