Meaning not yet researched.
Major: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 407 in 2025. Its best rank was #247 in 1889.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #247 in 1889; #670 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Major in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#670 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1889, at #247.
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Major: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 407 boys in 2025. Peak: #247 in 1889 · most boys in one year: 1,042 (2017).
In 2025, 407 US boys were named Major, making it the 670th most common boys’ name of the year, down 88 places from #582 in 2024. That is 84 fewer than the 491 boys named Major in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #247, reached in 1889. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,042, in 2017. For comparison, it was #361 in 2015 and #587 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Major in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 28 babies with the name. In all, 21,749 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 7,653 babies named Major.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,778 US boys were named Major; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 1,042. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,197 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Major ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #196 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Maijor, Majour and Mayjor are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Maijor (214), Majour (213), Mayjor (120), Maejor (112), Majer (58), Majur (40), Mayjer (5), Maijer (5), Maijour (5), Majoure (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Major in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 26 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 16 | #196 | #183 |
| Alabama | 18 | #309 | #178 |
| South Carolina | 17 | #321 | #197 |
| Georgia | 33 | #363 | #210 |
| Kansas | 10 | #372 | #412 |
| Missouri | 15 | #432 | #385 |
| North Carolina | 21 | #495 | #252 |
| Tennessee | 16 | #495 | #207 |
| Ohio | 19 | #551 | #261 |
| Nevada | 5 | #565 | — |
| Florida | 26 | #641 | #253 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #643 | #151 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #662 | #391 |
| Texas | 45 | #665 | #362 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #675 | #347 |
| Indiana | 9 | #695 | #419 |
| Michigan | 11 | #701 | #309 |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | #733 | #387 |
| Maryland | 6 | #774 | #614 |
| Illinois | 11 | #784 | #444 |
| New York | 17 | #826 | #517 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #890 | #452 |
| Arizona | 5 | #994 | #480 |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,044 | #319 |
| California | 18 | #1,137 | #572 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 407 | #670 |
| 2024 | 5 | #16,784 | 491 | #582 |
| 2023 | 5 | #16,702 | 579 | #514 |
| 2022 | — | — | 705 | #441 |
| 2021 | 5 | #16,793 | 759 | #411 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,738 | 913 | #349 |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,908 | 948 | #351 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,569 | 944 | #350 |
| 2017 | 8 | #12,339 | 1,042 | #331 |
| 2016 | — | — | 990 | #348 |
| 2015 | — | — | 913 | #361 |
| 2014 | 7 | #14,023 | 934 | #350 |
| 2013 | 5 | #18,254 | 854 | #366 |
| 2012 | — | — | 556 | #486 |
| 2011 | — | — | 197 | #990 |
| 2010 | — | — | 238 | #881 |
| 2009 | — | — | 182 | #1,047 |
| 2008 | — | — | 90 | #1,701 |
| 2007 | — | — | 94 | #1,645 |
| 2006 | — | — | 83 | #1,707 |
| 2005 | — | — | 74 | #1,783 |
| 2004 | — | — | 75 | #1,710 |
| 2003 | — | — | 63 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | — | — | 78 | #1,581 |
| 2001 | — | — | 74 | #1,610 |
| 2000 | — | — | 55 | #1,911 |
| 1999 | — | — | 33 | #2,653 |
| 1998 | — | — | 36 | #2,428 |
| 1997 | — | — | 39 | #2,217 |
| 1996 | — | — | 36 | #2,284 |
| 1995 | — | — | 43 | #1,975 |
| 1994 | — | — | 46 | #1,860 |
| 1993 | — | — | 56 | #1,611 |
| 1992 | — | — | 48 | #1,769 |
| 1991 | — | — | 51 | #1,638 |
| 1990 | — | — | 62 | #1,428 |
| 1989 | — | — | 73 | #1,275 |
| 1988 | — | — | 60 | #1,333 |
| 1987 | — | — | 44 | #1,600 |
| 1986 | — | — | 51 | #1,397 |
| 1985 | — | — | 39 | #1,633 |
| 1984 | — | — | 53 | #1,275 |
| 1983 | — | — | 47 | #1,369 |
| 1982 | — | — | 51 | #1,314 |
| 1981 | — | — | 69 | #1,100 |
| 1980 | — | — | 65 | #1,129 |
| 1979 | — | — | 58 | #1,202 |
| 1978 | — | — | 54 | #1,222 |
| 1977 | — | — | 50 | #1,264 |
| 1976 | — | — | 46 | #1,310 |
| 1975 | — | — | 50 | #1,201 |
| 1974 | — | — | 59 | #1,078 |
| 1973 | — | — | 59 | #1,063 |
| 1972 | — | — | 57 | #1,079 |
| 1971 | — | — | 67 | #995 |
| 1970 | — | — | 72 | #948 |
| 1969 | — | — | 69 | #917 |
| 1968 | — | — | 55 | #1,001 |
| 1967 | — | — | 68 | #872 |
| 1966 | — | — | 57 | #963 |
| 1965 | — | — | 79 | #830 |
| 1964 | — | — | 83 | #834 |
| 1963 | — | — | 77 | #862 |
| 1962 | — | — | 67 | #928 |
| 1961 | — | — | 66 | #945 |
| 1960 | — | — | 71 | #902 |
| 1959 | — | — | 105 | #748 |
| 1958 | — | — | 97 | #752 |
| 1957 | — | — | 100 | #754 |
| 1956 | — | — | 98 | #744 |
| 1955 | — | — | 103 | #722 |
| 1954 | — | — | 111 | #686 |
| 1953 | — | — | 116 | #659 |
| 1952 | — | — | 116 | #646 |
| 1951 | — | — | 134 | #606 |
| 1950 | — | — | 134 | #587 |
| 1949 | — | — | 110 | #657 |
| 1948 | — | — | 120 | #619 |
| 1947 | — | — | 121 | #622 |
| 1946 | — | — | 108 | #619 |
| 1945 | — | — | 121 | #545 |
| 1944 | — | — | 129 | #536 |
| 1943 | — | — | 126 | #567 |
| 1942 | — | — | 122 | #557 |
| 1941 | — | — | 92 | #638 |
| 1940 | — | — | 127 | #515 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,667 | 103 | #563 |
| 1938 | — | — | 98 | #599 |
| 1937 | 6 | #4,093 | 93 | #601 |
| 1936 | — | — | 103 | #568 |
| 1935 | — | — | 89 | #625 |
| 1934 | — | — | 95 | #609 |
| 1933 | — | — | 107 | #555 |
| 1932 | — | — | 125 | #520 |
| 1931 | — | — | 95 | #608 |
| 1930 | — | — | 143 | #500 |
| 1929 | — | — | 122 | #531 |
| 1928 | — | — | 150 | #494 |
| 1927 | — | — | 145 | #504 |
| 1926 | — | — | 147 | #498 |
| 1925 | — | — | 116 | #582 |
| 1924 | — | — | 150 | #513 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,418 | 124 | #558 |
| 1922 | — | — | 151 | #504 |
| 1921 | — | — | 162 | #484 |
| 1920 | — | — | 169 | #469 |
| 1919 | — | — | 183 | #437 |
| 1918 | — | — | 153 | #482 |
| 1917 | — | — | 159 | #447 |
| 1916 | — | — | 130 | #500 |
| 1915 | — | — | 151 | #446 |
| 1914 | — | — | 109 | #463 |
| 1913 | — | — | 98 | #430 |
| 1912 | — | — | 68 | #476 |
| 1911 | — | — | 50 | #406 |
| 1910 | — | — | 46 | #388 |
| 1909 | — | — | 51 | #323 |
| 1908 | — | — | 38 | #379 |
| 1907 | — | — | 30 | #426 |
| 1906 | — | — | 39 | #333 |
| 1905 | — | — | 44 | #305 |
| 1904 | — | — | 31 | #365 |
| 1903 | — | — | 36 | #314 |
| 1902 | — | — | 46 | #278 |
| 1901 | — | — | 22 | #403 |
| 1900 | — | — | 51 | #291 |
| 1899 | — | — | 42 | #263 |
| 1898 | — | — | 42 | #283 |
| 1897 | — | — | 39 | #294 |
| 1896 | — | — | 42 | #285 |
| 1895 | — | — | 34 | #311 |
| 1894 | — | — | 37 | #290 |
| 1893 | — | — | 41 | #273 |
| 1892 | — | — | 41 | #287 |
| 1891 | — | — | 34 | #280 |
| 1890 | — | — | 27 | #340 |
| 1889 | — | — | 44 | #247 |
| 1888 | — | — | 37 | #293 |
| 1887 | — | — | 40 | #252 |
| 1886 | — | — | 31 | #310 |
| 1885 | — | — | 37 | #275 |
| 1884 | — | — | 36 | #292 |
| 1883 | — | — | 41 | #260 |
| 1882 | — | — | 44 | #260 |
| 1881 | — | — | 40 | #250 |
| 1880 | — | — | 28 | #324 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).