Void — boys' name
24 babies named Void in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Void was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Void in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Void
The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Void between 1917 and 2004, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Void currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Void is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 9 additional births since 2004.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Void performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Void shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Void in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Void 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 24 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.
Void at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Void popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1917
- Peak year (1917)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 88 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
24 total births across 88 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 7 births in a single year.
Void popularity over time — girls
9 total births recorded since 2004 (Void as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Void accounts for 27% of total recorded use across both genders.
Void by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 10 births that decade — 42% of Void's all-time total
Void decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Void's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Void by state
Where Void concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 7 | 29.2% |
7 of 24 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 29.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 29.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1917–2004 (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.