Speed — boys' name

What the Data Says About Speed

The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Speed between 1890 and 1921, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Speed currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1921. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Speed performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 9 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Speed shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Speed 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 19 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.