Unisex name · since 1880
Worthy
Since 1880, U.S. Social Security records show 404 babies named Worthy, peaking in 1924. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #8,976 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,201 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 404
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Worthy currently ranks #7201 among unisex names in America, with 404 babies recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Worthy recorded 404 times among boys since 1880, holding rank #7201 nationally today, ahead of 48% of boys, 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 1880 to 2025.
- #8,976 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,201 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 404 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Worthy ranks #8,976 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,201 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 404 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #8,976 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,201 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 404
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Worthy's 404 recorded births place it above 80.26% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by West Virginia.
How Worthy compares
404 Top 49% higher than 51% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Worthy's all-time total is 9% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Worthy | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 404 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Worthy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Worthy's SSA record in two at 1936 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1880, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1924 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Worthy popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1924)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Worthy popularity over time - girls
64 total births recorded since 2015 (Worthy as girls' name)
Worthy by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (110 births, 27% of the file).
1920s was Worthy's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Worthy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1900s 10
1900s
10 births
- 1910s
1910s
67 births
- 1920s
1920s
110 births
- 1930s
1930s
69 births
- 1940s
1940s
49 births
- 1950s 26
1950s
26 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 110 births (27% of all-time use).
Worthy by state
Where Worthy concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | West Virginia | | 28 | 6.9% |
28 of 404 births nationwide.
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What to do with Worthy's data
- Worthy's decade-level peak was the 1920s (110 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- West Virginia records the most Worthys (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. West Virginia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Worthy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Worthy 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.