Snowden — boys' name
52 babies named Snowden in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Snowden was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Snowden in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Snowden
The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Snowden between 1886 and 2015, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Snowden currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Snowden performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Snowden shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Snowden 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 52 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.
Snowden at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Snowden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1886
- Peak year (1924)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 130 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
52 total births across 130 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 7 births in a single year.
Snowden by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 17 births that decade — 33% of Snowden's all-time total
Snowden decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Snowden's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% 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, 1886–2015 (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.