Boys' name · since 1910
Upton
168 babies named Upton in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,038 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 168
- born since 1910
- 1910s
- peak decade
Upton sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 168 recorded since 1910.
Upton has 168 recorded births among boys since 1910, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 2022.
- #14,038 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 168 born since 1910
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Upton ranks #14,038 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 168 born since 1910, peaking in the 1910s.
- #14,038 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 168
- born since 1910
- 1910s
- peak decade
Upton's 168 recorded births place it above 69.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Upton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Upton's full recorded timeline at 1926, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Upton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–2022
- Peak year (1920)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Upton by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (59 births, 35% of the file).
1910s was Upton's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Upton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
59 births
- 1920s
1920s
45 births
- 1940s 14
1940s
14 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 59 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Upton's decade-level peak was the 1910s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Upton
Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Upton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~112 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, 1910–2022 (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 Upton 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.