Squire — boys' name
511 babies named Squire in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
17% of everyone ever named Squire was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Squire in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Squire
The Social Security Administration has registered 511 babies named Squire between 1880 and 1997, spanning 118 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Squire currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Squire performed strongest in the 1880s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Squire shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Squire 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 511 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.
Squire at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Squire popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1880
- Peak year (1918)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 118 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
511 total births across 118 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 17 births in a single year.
Squire by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1880s
- 87 births that decade — 17% of Squire's all-time total
Squire decade highlights
- Peak decade 87 births
- Runner-up 82 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1880s was Squire's strongest decade
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% 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, 1880–1997 (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.