Boys' name · since 2018
Sensei
39 babies named Sensei in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,965 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,331 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
39 babies have been named Sensei since 2018, making it today's #13331 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Sensei recorded 39 times among boys since 2018, holding rank #13331 nationally today, ahead of 4% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #23,965 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,331 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 39 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sensei ranks #23,965 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,331 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 39 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,965 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,331 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sensei's 39 recorded births place it above 47.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sensei compares
39 14th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sensei's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sensei | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 39 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sensei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sensei's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sensei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Sensei by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (30 births, 77% of the file).
2020s was Sensei's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Sensei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 9
2010s
9 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 30 births (77% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sensei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 2018–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Sensei 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 August 2026.