Total births
168
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.
- 168
- total births
- 1910–2022
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that 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.
- 168 total births
- 1910–2022 years on record
- 1910s peak decade
- 35% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
168 boys have been named Upton since 1910, peaking in the 1910s, last recorded in 2022.
- 168
- total births
- 1910–2022
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
1910s
Peak decade
35% of everyone ever named Upton was born in this single decade.
1920
Single peak year
16 babies were named Upton in 1920 - its busiest year on record.
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 at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
1920
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1910
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
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Upton? ▼
Upton has been given to 168 babies in the U.S. since 1910, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2022. 16 babies were born in 1920, its single highest year.
When was Upton most popular? ▼
Upton was most popular in the 1910s decade with 59 total births. The single peak year was 1920.
How long has the name Upton been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Upton since 1910 -- 113 years through the most recent 2022 data.
What to do with Upton's data
- 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.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Upton: Baby Name Since 1910 - 168 Births, Peak 1920." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/upton. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 June 2026.