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Psalm: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 194 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,110 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 70% of babies named Psalm in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,110 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Psalm: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 194 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,110 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 194 (2025).
In 2025, 194 US boys were named Psalm, making it the 1,110th most common boys’ name of the year, up 64 places from #1,174 in 2024. That is 17 more than the 177 boys named Psalm in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,110, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 194. For comparison, it was #11,751 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 82 US girls were named Psalm, making it the 2,252nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 631 places from #2,883 in 2024. That is 24 more than the 58 girls named Psalm in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,252, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 82. For comparison, it was #10,004 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Psalm in 22 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1999 with 10 babies. In all, 1,120 US babies have been given the name, 32% of them girls and 68% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 910 babies named Psalm.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 704 US boys were named Psalm; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 194. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,805 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Psalm ranked highest in Virginia in 2025, at #715 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 40 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 10 | #715 | — |
| Alabama | 6 | #743 | — |
| Texas | 34 | #802 | — |
| Washington | 7 | #872 | — |
| New York | 13 | #979 | — |
| Florida | 14 | #996 | — |
| North Carolina | 8 | #1,005 | — |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,013 | — |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,091 | — |
| California | 17 | #1,187 | — |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,188 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | #2,252 | 194 | #1,110 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,883 | 177 | #1,174 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,755 | 121 | #1,486 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,136 | 76 | #2,019 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,619 | 61 | #2,294 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,863 | 39 | #3,018 |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,473 | 16 | #5,739 |
| 2018 | 8 | #12,243 | 7 | #10,472 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,789 | 5 | #13,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #18,241 | 8 | #9,464 |
| 2015 | 11 | #10,004 | 6 | #11,751 |
| 2014 | 5 | #18,588 | 11 | #7,426 |
| 2013 | 9 | #11,751 | 9 | #8,604 |
| 2012 | 13 | #9,007 | — | — |
| 2010 | 5 | #19,167 | — | — |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,856 | 7 | #10,689 |
| 2008 | 7 | #15,022 | — | — |
| 2007 | 6 | #17,105 | 7 | #10,614 |
| 2004 | 7 | #13,845 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2003 | 6 | #15,293 | — | — |
| 2000 | 5 | #16,935 | 5 | #11,707 |
| 1999 | 5 | #16,234 | 5 | #11,173 |
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).