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Townes: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 147 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,321 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 87% of babies named Townes in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,321 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Townes: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 147 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,321 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 147 (2025).
In 2025, 147 US boys were named Townes, making it the 1,321st most common boys’ name of the year, up 228 places from #1,549 in 2024. That is 33 more than the 114 boys named Townes in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,321, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 147. For comparison, it was #2,324 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 22 US girls were named Townes, making it the 5,705th most common girls’ name of the year, up 916 places from #6,621 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 18 girls named Townes in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #5,705, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 22. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Townes in 24 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 2002 with 9 babies. In all, 1,511 US babies have been given the name, 7.1% of them girls and 93% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 790 babies named Townes.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 983 US boys were named Townes; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 147. In 2025 that was about 1 in 11,620 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Townes ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #729 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 41 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 38 | #729 | #1,280 |
| Minnesota | 6 | #799 | — |
| Kentucky | 5 | #807 | — |
| Tennessee | 8 | #833 | — |
| South Carolina | 5 | #868 | — |
| Virginia | 8 | #870 | — |
| Louisiana | 5 | #891 | — |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,073 | — |
| California | 12 | #1,498 | #2,538 |
| Florida | 5 | #2,071 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,705 | 147 | #1,321 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,621 | 114 | #1,549 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,655 | 116 | #1,528 |
| 2022 | 10 | #10,335 | 122 | #1,493 |
| 2021 | 11 | #9,501 | 119 | #1,502 |
| 2020 | 11 | #9,496 | 82 | #1,828 |
| 2019 | 8 | #12,359 | 72 | #2,039 |
| 2018 | 9 | #11,364 | 79 | #1,898 |
| 2017 | — | — | 50 | #2,563 |
| 2016 | — | — | 82 | #1,843 |
| 2015 | — | — | 57 | #2,324 |
| 2014 | — | — | 51 | #2,489 |
| 2013 | — | — | 57 | #2,275 |
| 2012 | — | — | 44 | #2,765 |
| 2011 | — | — | 57 | #2,283 |
| 2010 | — | — | 39 | #3,008 |
| 2009 | — | — | 20 | #4,908 |
| 2008 | — | — | 20 | #4,881 |
| 2007 | — | — | 25 | #4,112 |
| 2006 | — | — | 14 | #6,070 |
| 2005 | — | — | 8 | #9,022 |
| 2004 | — | — | 9 | #8,100 |
| 2003 | — | — | 11 | #6,681 |
| 2002 | — | — | 9 | #7,586 |
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).