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Worth: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 13 in 2025. Its best rank was #609 in 1898.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #609 in 1898; #6,784 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Worth in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,784 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1898, at #609.
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Worth: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 13 boys in 2025. Peak: #609 in 1898 · most boys in one year: 67 (1918).
In 2025, 13 US boys were named Worth, making it the 6,784th most common boys’ name of the year, down 2,360 places from #4,424 in 2024. That is 11 fewer than the 24 boys named Worth in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #609, reached in 1898. The most boys given the name in a single year was 67, in 1918. For comparison, it was #8,712 in 2015 and #1,700 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Worth in 120 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 8 babies. In all, 2,204 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 489 babies named Worth.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 131 US boys were named Worth; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 24. In 2025 that was about 1 in 131,390 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 13 | #6,784 |
| 2024 | — | — | 24 | #4,424 |
| 2023 | — | — | 19 | #5,244 |
| 2022 | — | — | 10 | #8,259 |
| 2021 | — | — | 18 | #5,328 |
| 2020 | — | — | 5 | #13,954 |
| 2019 | — | — | 8 | #9,696 |
| 2018 | — | — | 11 | #7,595 |
| 2017 | — | — | 10 | #8,110 |
| 2016 | — | — | 13 | #6,705 |
| 2015 | — | — | 9 | #8,712 |
| 2014 | — | — | 8 | #9,591 |
| 2012 | — | — | 10 | #8,120 |
| 2011 | — | — | 10 | #8,047 |
| 2009 | — | — | 11 | #7,667 |
| 2003 | — | — | 8 | #8,610 |
| 2001 | — | — | 6 | #10,508 |
| 2000 | — | — | 6 | #10,309 |
| 1996 | — | — | 6 | #8,980 |
| 1994 | — | — | 7 | #7,745 |
| 1988 | — | — | 7 | #6,406 |
| 1986 | — | — | 11 | #4,124 |
| 1985 | — | — | 8 | #5,136 |
| 1984 | — | — | 6 | #6,295 |
| 1983 | — | — | 5 | #7,314 |
| 1982 | — | — | 7 | #5,613 |
| 1981 | — | — | 7 | #5,460 |
| 1980 | — | — | 5 | #7,276 |
| 1978 | — | — | 7 | #5,049 |
| 1977 | — | — | 5 | #6,842 |
| 1976 | — | — | 9 | #4,003 |
| 1975 | — | — | 7 | #4,794 |
| 1974 | — | — | 5 | #5,993 |
| 1973 | — | — | 6 | #5,090 |
| 1972 | — | — | 5 | #5,739 |
| 1971 | — | — | 8 | #3,959 |
| 1970 | — | — | 8 | #3,831 |
| 1969 | — | — | 5 | #5,028 |
| 1968 | — | — | 9 | #3,105 |
| 1967 | — | — | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | — | — | 6 | #3,940 |
| 1964 | — | — | 10 | #2,847 |
| 1963 | — | — | 11 | #2,667 |
| 1962 | — | — | 13 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | — | — | 13 | #2,407 |
| 1960 | — | — | 17 | #2,036 |
| 1959 | — | — | 9 | #3,034 |
| 1958 | — | — | 10 | #2,814 |
| 1957 | — | — | 16 | #2,090 |
| 1956 | — | — | 11 | #2,625 |
| 1955 | — | — | 20 | #1,790 |
| 1954 | — | — | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1953 | — | — | 22 | #1,676 |
| 1952 | — | — | 17 | #1,938 |
| 1951 | — | — | 24 | #1,552 |
| 1950 | — | — | 20 | #1,700 |
| 1949 | — | — | 25 | #1,500 |
| 1948 | — | — | 20 | #1,702 |
| 1947 | — | — | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1946 | — | — | 25 | #1,439 |
| 1945 | — | — | 18 | #1,631 |
| 1944 | — | — | 26 | #1,327 |
| 1943 | — | — | 27 | #1,367 |
| 1942 | — | — | 24 | #1,466 |
| 1941 | — | — | 17 | #1,758 |
| 1940 | — | — | 13 | #2,077 |
| 1939 | — | — | 23 | #1,424 |
| 1938 | — | — | 16 | #1,816 |
| 1937 | — | — | 40 | #1,015 |
| 1936 | — | — | 27 | #1,295 |
| 1935 | — | — | 33 | #1,164 |
| 1934 | — | — | 31 | #1,212 |
| 1933 | — | — | 35 | #1,123 |
| 1932 | — | — | 25 | #1,425 |
| 1931 | — | — | 41 | #1,063 |
| 1930 | — | — | 32 | #1,281 |
| 1929 | — | — | 38 | #1,136 |
| 1928 | — | — | 34 | #1,253 |
| 1927 | — | — | 45 | #1,059 |
| 1926 | — | — | 48 | #1,009 |
| 1925 | — | — | 52 | #944 |
| 1924 | — | — | 57 | #935 |
| 1923 | — | — | 48 | #1,025 |
| 1922 | — | — | 55 | #948 |
| 1921 | — | — | 53 | #972 |
| 1920 | — | — | 59 | #902 |
| 1919 | — | — | 65 | #818 |
| 1918 | — | — | 67 | #804 |
| 1917 | — | — | 47 | #945 |
| 1916 | — | — | 58 | #823 |
| 1915 | — | — | 53 | #855 |
| 1914 | — | — | 31 | #1,017 |
| 1913 | — | — | 36 | #804 |
| 1912 | — | — | 35 | #734 |
| 1911 | — | — | 13 | #981 |
| 1910 | — | — | 10 | #1,116 |
| 1909 | — | — | 8 | #1,154 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,368 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,092 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,248 |
| 1905 | — | — | 8 | #999 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #1,062 |
| 1903 | — | — | 11 | #732 |
| 1900 | — | — | 13 | #742 |
| 1899 | — | — | 10 | #713 |
| 1898 | — | — | 14 | #609 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,228 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #981 |
| 1895 | — | — | 8 | #870 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,235 |
| 1893 | — | — | 7 | #905 |
| 1892 | — | — | 6 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #959 |
| 1890 | — | — | 8 | #811 |
| 1888 | — | — | 11 | #647 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,107 |
| 1884 | — | — | 7 | #847 |
| 1882 | — | — | 7 | #836 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #779 |
| 1880 | — | — | 8 | #744 |
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).