Unisex name · since 2010
Success
117 babies named Success in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,460 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Success sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 117 recorded since 2010.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Success has been recorded 117 times among girls since 2010, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2024.
- #25,460 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 117 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Success ranks #25,460 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 117 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,460 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Success's 117 recorded births place it above 64.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Success's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Success's full recorded timeline at 2019, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Success popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2024
- Peak year (2019)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Success popularity over time - boys
87 total births recorded since 2007 (Success as boys' name)
Success by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (68 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Success's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Success births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
- 2020s
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 68 births (58% of all-time use).
Success by state
Where Success concentrates geographically, total births since 2010
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.3% |
5 of 117 births nationwide.
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What to do with Success's data
- Success's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (68 total births) through the 2020s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Successs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2010–2024 (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 Success 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.