Green
Last seen for boys in 1984 at #5,561
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 45 births
- Debut · boys
- 39 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,033since 1880
Green over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Green has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #1,430 | 26 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #1,368 | 26 |
| 1942 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #1,433 | 22 |
| 1939 | #1,458 | 21 |
| 1938 | #1,476 | 21 |
| 1937 | #1,576 | 19 |
| 1936 | #1,505 | 20 |
| 1935 | #1,584 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,173 | 32 |
| 1933 | #1,330 | 25 |
| 1932 | #1,324 | 27 |
| 1931 | #1,427 | 24 |
| 1930 | #1,190 | 35 |
| 1929 | #1,214 | 33 |
| 1928 | #1,448 | 26 |
| 1927 | #1,012 | 48 |
| 1926 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1925 | #1,304 | 31 |
| 1924 | #1,187 | 37 |
| 1923 | #1,157 | 38 |
| 1922 | #1,084 | 42 |
| 1921 | #1,086 | 42 |
| 1920 | #1,045 | 44 |
| 1919 | #1,047 | 42 |
| 1918 | #1,031 | 43 |
| 1917 | #1,003 | 42 |
| 1916 | #922 | 47 |
| 1915 | #1,054 | 37 |
| 1914 | #777 | 46 |
| 1913 | #855 | 32 |
| 1912 | #970 | 22 |
| 1911 | #856 | 15 |
| 1910 | #654 | 20 |
| 1909 | #714 | 15 |
| 1908 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #568 | 17 |
| 1905 | #615 | 15 |
| 1904 | #647 | 13 |
| 1903 | #527 | 17 |
| 1902 | #440 | 22 |
| 1901 | #637 | 11 |
| 1900 | #424 | 28 |
| 1899 | #424 | 19 |
| 1898 | #364 | 28 |
| 1897 | #615 | 12 |
| 1896 | #388 | 25 |
| 1895 | #491 | 17 |
| 1894 | #399 | 22 |
| 1893 | #371 | 23 |
| 1892 | #357 | 28 |
| 1891 | #411 | 18 |
| 1890 | #299 | 33 |
| 1889 | #388 | 21 |
| 1888 | #314 | 32 |
| 1887 | #299 | 31 |
| 1886 | #254 | 45 |
| 1885 | #298 | 32 |
| 1884 | #314 | 31 |
| 1883 | #284 | 33 |
| 1882 | #332 | 27 |
| 1881 | #273 | 33 |
| 1880 | #270 | 39 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Green was already there! It came in at #270, and was given to 39 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1962, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1984
- Biggest jump: 251 spots in 1898 (#615 → #364)
- Biggest drop: 298 spots in 1907 (#568 → #866)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #254 (45 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1880–1914
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,462
- Highest: 1 in 2,462 boys born in 1886 were named Green (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 300,808 boys born in 1984 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 18.5% of all boys named Green (376) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 324 | #254 (1886) | #303 |
| 1890s | 225 | #299 (1890) | #412 |
| 1900s | 158 | #424 (1900) | #632 |
| 1910s | 346 | #654 (1910) | #917 |
| 1920s | 376 | #1,012 (1927) | #1,176 |
| 1930s | 243 | #1,173 (1934) | #1,404 |
| 1940s | 166 | #1,368 (1943) | #1,859 |
| 1950s | 108 | #2,055 (1951) | #2,537 |
| 1960s | 55 | #2,315 (1960) | #2,922 |
| 1970s | 26 | #3,370 (1971) | #4,260 |
| 1980s | 6 | #5,561 (1984) | #5,561 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Green in 1880
boys
#270
39 births · 1 in 2,833 boys
Top boys' names in 1880
More about 1880
boys
110,490 boys got a published name in 1880; 1 in 2,833 of them was named Green, which outranked 74.5% of the 1,058 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 44.2% of boys (8.0% in 2025).