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Smith: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 120 in 2025. Its best rank was #326 in 1885.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #326 in 1885; #1,483 in 2025. About 94% of babies named Smith in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,483 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1885, at #326.
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Smith: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 120 boys in 2025. Peak: #326 in 1885 · most boys in one year: 162 (2016).
In 2025, 120 US boys were named Smith, making it the 1,483rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 104 places from #1,587 in 2024. That is 11 more than the 109 boys named Smith in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #326, reached in 1885. The most boys given the name in a single year was 162, in 2016. For comparison, it was #1,187 in 2015 and #1,651 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Smith in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 15 babies with the name. In all, 5,664 US babies have been given the name, 3.3% of them girls and 97% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,351 babies named Smith.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,318 US boys were named Smith; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 162. In 2025 that was about 1 in 14,234 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Smith ranked highest in North Carolina in 2025, at #566 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Smit and Smyth are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Smitty.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Smit (48), Smyth (6).
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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 42 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 18 | #566 | #976 |
| Alabama | 7 | #677 | — |
| South Carolina | 6 | #728 | — |
| Georgia | 12 | #784 | #618 |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,165 | — |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,240 | — |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,246 | — |
| California | 8 | #1,964 | #1,313 |
| Texas | 8 | #2,053 | #1,032 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,798 | 120 | #1,483 |
| 2024 | 8 | #12,016 | 109 | #1,587 |
| 2023 | 6 | #14,944 | 113 | #1,555 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,471 | 112 | #1,587 |
| 2021 | 6 | #15,019 | 142 | #1,319 |
| 2020 | 7 | #13,303 | 123 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 10 | #10,384 | 149 | #1,263 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,375 | 134 | #1,346 |
| 2017 | 14 | #8,244 | 154 | #1,205 |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,352 | 162 | #1,178 |
| 2015 | 11 | #10,064 | 156 | #1,187 |
| 2014 | 6 | #16,254 | 139 | #1,283 |
| 2013 | 8 | #13,009 | 122 | #1,385 |
| 2012 | 9 | #12,094 | 89 | #1,708 |
| 2011 | 6 | #16,509 | 76 | #1,861 |
| 2010 | — | — | 78 | #1,866 |
| 2009 | 9 | #12,318 | 47 | #2,653 |
| 2008 | — | — | 59 | #2,257 |
| 2007 | 5 | #20,153 | 57 | #2,297 |
| 2006 | — | — | 41 | #2,821 |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,802 | 45 | #2,523 |
| 2004 | — | — | 43 | #2,566 |
| 2003 | — | — | 24 | #3,711 |
| 2002 | — | — | 22 | #3,895 |
| 2001 | — | — | 30 | #3,052 |
| 2000 | — | — | 26 | #3,288 |
| 1999 | — | — | 35 | #2,550 |
| 1998 | — | — | 21 | #3,579 |
| 1997 | — | — | 20 | #3,568 |
| 1996 | — | — | 20 | #3,534 |
| 1995 | — | — | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1994 | 5 | #15,437 | 22 | #3,198 |
| 1993 | — | — | 19 | #3,483 |
| 1992 | — | — | 17 | #3,728 |
| 1991 | — | — | 14 | #4,192 |
| 1990 | — | — | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1989 | — | — | 20 | #3,076 |
| 1988 | — | — | 24 | #2,502 |
| 1987 | — | — | 20 | #2,711 |
| 1986 | — | — | 23 | #2,421 |
| 1985 | 6 | #10,502 | 19 | #2,698 |
| 1984 | 8 | #8,054 | 25 | #2,153 |
| 1983 | — | — | 26 | #2,074 |
| 1982 | — | — | 25 | #2,160 |
| 1981 | 6 | #10,222 | 26 | #2,081 |
| 1980 | — | — | 12 | #3,586 |
| 1979 | — | — | 13 | #3,329 |
| 1978 | — | — | 16 | #2,781 |
| 1977 | — | — | 13 | #3,179 |
| 1976 | — | — | 23 | #2,108 |
| 1975 | — | — | 10 | #3,629 |
| 1974 | — | — | 21 | #2,119 |
| 1973 | — | — | 16 | #2,499 |
| 1972 | 5 | #9,424 | — | — |
| 1971 | — | — | 7 | #4,322 |
| 1970 | — | — | 12 | #2,871 |
| 1969 | — | — | 20 | #1,906 |
| 1968 | — | — | 13 | #2,432 |
| 1967 | — | — | 14 | #2,235 |
| 1966 | — | — | 18 | #1,883 |
| 1965 | — | — | 12 | #2,453 |
| 1964 | — | — | 15 | #2,193 |
| 1963 | — | — | 18 | #1,950 |
| 1962 | — | — | 16 | #2,105 |
| 1961 | — | — | 12 | #2,524 |
| 1960 | — | — | 26 | #1,615 |
| 1959 | — | — | 13 | #2,398 |
| 1958 | — | — | 17 | #2,013 |
| 1957 | — | — | 16 | #2,079 |
| 1956 | — | — | 22 | #1,713 |
| 1955 | — | — | 20 | #1,784 |
| 1954 | — | — | 23 | #1,623 |
| 1953 | — | — | 18 | #1,892 |
| 1952 | — | — | 22 | #1,656 |
| 1951 | — | — | 27 | #1,451 |
| 1950 | — | — | 21 | #1,651 |
| 1949 | — | — | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1948 | — | — | 44 | #1,073 |
| 1947 | — | — | 35 | #1,250 |
| 1946 | — | — | 18 | #1,749 |
| 1945 | — | — | 24 | #1,373 |
| 1944 | — | — | 31 | #1,206 |
| 1943 | — | — | 19 | #1,688 |
| 1942 | — | — | 30 | #1,295 |
| 1941 | — | — | 26 | #1,329 |
| 1940 | — | — | 32 | #1,205 |
| 1939 | — | — | 43 | #971 |
| 1938 | — | — | 27 | #1,306 |
| 1937 | — | — | 30 | #1,229 |
| 1936 | — | — | 26 | #1,320 |
| 1935 | — | — | 45 | #952 |
| 1934 | — | — | 39 | #1,055 |
| 1933 | — | — | 38 | #1,073 |
| 1932 | — | — | 51 | #912 |
| 1931 | — | — | 39 | #1,099 |
| 1930 | — | — | 38 | #1,149 |
| 1929 | — | — | 46 | #1,004 |
| 1928 | — | — | 54 | #926 |
| 1927 | — | — | 42 | #1,109 |
| 1926 | — | — | 43 | #1,088 |
| 1925 | — | — | 51 | #954 |
| 1924 | — | — | 56 | #942 |
| 1923 | — | — | 53 | #951 |
| 1922 | — | — | 69 | #817 |
| 1921 | — | — | 76 | #770 |
| 1920 | — | — | 69 | #811 |
| 1919 | — | — | 58 | #876 |
| 1918 | — | — | 61 | #850 |
| 1917 | — | — | 64 | #792 |
| 1916 | — | — | 60 | #801 |
| 1915 | — | — | 60 | #784 |
| 1914 | — | — | 45 | #793 |
| 1913 | — | — | 40 | #744 |
| 1912 | — | — | 45 | #621 |
| 1911 | — | — | 18 | #790 |
| 1910 | — | — | 30 | #520 |
| 1909 | — | — | 19 | #634 |
| 1908 | — | — | 17 | #654 |
| 1907 | — | — | 19 | #585 |
| 1906 | — | — | 19 | #544 |
| 1905 | — | — | 13 | #695 |
| 1904 | — | — | 17 | #561 |
| 1903 | — | — | 15 | #593 |
| 1902 | — | — | 13 | #644 |
| 1901 | — | — | 10 | #722 |
| 1900 | — | — | 26 | #454 |
| 1899 | — | — | 14 | #545 |
| 1898 | — | — | 15 | #568 |
| 1897 | — | — | 8 | #843 |
| 1896 | — | — | 13 | #634 |
| 1895 | — | — | 16 | #525 |
| 1894 | — | — | 14 | #564 |
| 1893 | — | — | 14 | #533 |
| 1892 | — | — | 22 | #413 |
| 1891 | — | — | 12 | #558 |
| 1890 | — | — | 15 | #508 |
| 1889 | — | — | 15 | #493 |
| 1888 | — | — | 24 | #383 |
| 1887 | — | — | 18 | #404 |
| 1886 | — | — | 16 | #467 |
| 1885 | — | — | 28 | #326 |
| 1884 | — | — | 18 | #446 |
| 1883 | — | — | 13 | #519 |
| 1882 | — | — | 16 | #465 |
| 1881 | — | — | 18 | #410 |
| 1880 | — | — | 15 | #477 |
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).