Unisex name · since 1950
Skeeter
Skeeter has 126 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,927 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 126
- born since 1950
- 1970s
- peak decade
Skeeter sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 126 recorded since 1950.
Skeeter has 126 recorded births among boys since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1993.
- #15,927 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 126 born since 1950
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Skeeter ranks #15,927 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 126 born since 1950, peaking in the 1970s.
- #15,927 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 126
- born since 1950
- 1970s
- peak decade
Skeeter's 126 recorded births place it above 64.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Skeeter's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Skeeter splits its recorded history at 1973: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1961 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Skeeter popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1993
- Peak year (1978)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Skeeter popularity over time - girls
13 total births recorded since 1971 (Skeeter as girls' name)
Skeeter by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (57 births, 45% of the file).
1970s was Skeeter's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Skeeter births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 20
1950s
20 births
- 1960s
1960s
32 births
- 1970s
1970s
57 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 57 births (45% of all-time use).
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What to do with Skeeter's data
- Skeeter's decade-level peak was the 1970s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Skeeter: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
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, 1950–1993 (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 Skeeter 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.