Major

boys’ nameFallingCompare

Major is ranked 580th among boys in 2024 (490 births). Its best rank was 247th, in 1889.

Rank in 2024: #580down 66 from 2023
Births in 2024: 4900.03% of boys
Peak year: 20171,042 births
Best rank: #247in 1889
Since 1880: 21,255people given the name

Babies named Major, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

21,255 boys have been named Major in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 1,042 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 350 → 580).

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 36%. It has spent 106 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Major
1880s	378
1890s	379
1900s	388
1910s	1,147
1920s	1,436
1930s	1,051
1940s	1,176
1950s	1,114
1960s	692
1970s	572
1980s	552
1990s	450
2000s	868
2010s	7,613
2020s	3,439

In 2017, its biggest year

Major was the 330th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2017 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Logan. See all of 2017.

Names that rose and fell with Major

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.