Humphrey
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,085since 1880
Humphrey over time
Rank among boys' names. Humphrey has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #2,026 | 16 |
| 1957 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #1,826 | 18 |
| 1953 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #1,658 | 18 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1926 | #1,846 | 18 |
| 1925 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #1,675 | 22 |
| 1923 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #1,648 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1916 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,137 | 17 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | #792 | 8 |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #691 | 8 |
| 1881 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Humphrey was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1888, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Humphrey
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 309 spots in 1889 (#1,031 → #722)
- Biggest drop: 110 spots in 1888 (#921 → #1,031)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1893 at #650 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1880–1884
- Highest: 1 in 11,232 boys born in 1893 were named Humphrey (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 13.9% of all boys named Humphrey (151) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 50 | #691 (1882) | #827 |
| 1890s | 32 | #650 (1893) | #784 |
| 1900s | 29 | #999 (1907) | #1,219 |
| 1910s | 137 | #1,137 (1912) | #1,655 |
| 1920s | 151 | #1,675 (1924) | #2,173 |
| 1930s | 97 | #1,658 (1934) | #2,546 |
| 1940s | 101 | #1,833 (1943) | #2,318 |
| 1950s | 142 | #1,826 (1954) | #2,220 |
| 1960s | 100 | #2,200 (1963) | #2,785 |
| 1970s | 57 | #3,521 (1970) | #4,687 |
| 1980s | 56 | #4,271 (1989) | #5,557 |
| 1990s | 38 | #5,096 (1991) | #6,528 |
| 2000s | 25 | #8,143 (2004) | #10,210 |
| 2010s | 41 | #9,568 (2015) | #11,061 |
| 2020s | 29 | #8,067 (2020) | #9,775 |
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.
Humphrey in 1880
Top boys' names in 1880
More about 1880
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110,490 boys got a published name in 1880; 1 in 22,098 of them was named Humphrey, which outranked 14.1% of the 1,058 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 44.2% of boys (8.0% in 2025).