Unisex name · since 2017
Superior
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 20 babies named Superior, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,218 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,328 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 20
- born since 2017
- 2010s
- peak decade
Superior currently ranks #13328 among unisex names in America, with 20 babies recorded since 2017.
Superior has 20 recorded births among boys since 2017, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13328 as of the latest data, more common than 4% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #29,218 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,328 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 20 born since 2017
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Superior ranks #29,218 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,328 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 20 born since 2017, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,218 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,328 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 20
- born since 2017
- 2010s
- peak decade
Superior's 20 recorded births place it above 35.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Superior compares
20 8th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Superior's all-time total is 95% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Superior | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 20 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 5 | 34 | 22,252 |
Superior's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Superior's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2017, with only 5 births recorded.
Superior popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Superior popularity over time - girls
12 total births recorded since 2020 (Superior as girls' name)
Superior by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Superior's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Superior births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Superior's data
- Superior's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Superior: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~8 yrs)
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, 2017–2025 (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 Superior 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.