Boys' name · since 1997
Set
Set has 27 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,783 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Set sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 27 recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Set has been recorded 27 times among boys since 1997, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2022.
- #26,783 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 27 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Set ranks #26,783 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,783 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Set's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Set's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Set splits its recorded history at 2019: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Set popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2022
- Peak year (2022)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Set by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (12 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Set's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Set births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (44% of all-time use).
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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, 1997–2022 (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 Set 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.