Socrates — boys' name

What the Data Says About Socrates

The Social Security Administration has registered 725 babies named Socrates between 1914 and 2022, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Socrates currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Socrates performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Socrates shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Socrates in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Socrates 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 725 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.