Worthy — #8295 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Worthy

The Social Security Administration has registered 393 babies named Worthy between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Worthy currently holds the #8295 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Worthy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 47 additional births since 2015.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Worthy performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Worthy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Worthy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Worthy 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 393 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.