Boys' name · since 1973
Snapper
Snapper has 24 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,653 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Snapper sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 24 recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Snapper has been recorded 24 times among boys since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1979.
- #27,653 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 24 born since 1973
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Snapper ranks #27,653 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1973, peaking in the 1970s.
- #27,653 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Snapper's 24 recorded births place it above 39.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Snapper's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Snapper's full recorded timeline at 1975, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1974 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Snapper popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1979
- Peak year (1974)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Snapper by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (24 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Snapper's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Snapper births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 24 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Snapper: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~6 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, 1973–1979 (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 Snapper 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.