Skeeter — boys' name
126 babies named Skeeter in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Skeeter was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Skeeter in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Skeeter
The Social Security Administration has registered 126 babies named Skeeter between 1950 and 1993, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Skeeter currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Skeeter is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 13 additional births since 1971.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Skeeter performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Skeeter shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Skeeter 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 126 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.
Skeeter at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Skeeter popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1950
- Peak year (1978)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
126 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 11 births in a single year.
Skeeter popularity over time — girls
13 total births recorded since 1971 (Skeeter as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Skeeter accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Skeeter by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 57 births that decade — 45% of Skeeter's all-time total
Skeeter decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Skeeter's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% 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, 1950–1993 (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.