Boys' name · since 1920
Warn
Since 1920, U.S. Social Security records show 41 babies named Warn, peaking in 1922. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,622 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 41
- born since 1920
- 1920s
- peak decade
Warn sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 41 recorded since 1920.
Social Security Administration records show Warn recorded 41 times among boys since 1920, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 1926.
- #23,622 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 41 born since 1920
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Warn ranks #23,622 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 1920, peaking in the 1920s.
- #23,622 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 41
- born since 1920
- 1920s
- peak decade
Warn's 41 recorded births place it above 48.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Warn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Warn splits its recorded history at 1923: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1925 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1922 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Warn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1926
- Peak year (1922)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Warn by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (41 births, 100% of the file).
1920s was Warn's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Warn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 41 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Warn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~6 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, 1920–1926 (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 Warn 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.