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Male

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Male is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 679th, in 1991.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1991223 births
Best rank
#679in 1991
Since 1963
1,530people given the name
Babies named Male, by year of birthboys
06312518825018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,530 boys have been named Male in the United States since 1963, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 223 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 223 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1990s alone account for 66%. It has spent 4 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)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Male
1960s15
1980s170
1990s1,017
2000s122
2010s206

In 1991, its biggest year

Male was the 679th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1991 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1991.

Names that rose and fell with Male

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.