Smith

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #1,477 for boys in 2025, 120 births
Given to boys 96.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#318
1885 · 28 births
Debut · boys
1880
15 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,475
since 1880

Smith over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Smith has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #318, 1885boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,9178#1,477120
2024#11,1228#1,583109
2023#13,4626#1,547113
2022#8,03213#1,574112
2021#13,4646#1,317142
2020#12,1427#1,408123
2019#9,73610#1,258149
2018#7,10016#1,343134
2017#7,84014#1,202154
2016#8,87512#1,175162
2015#9,48111#1,185156
2014#14,5586#1,276139
2013#11,9698#1,376122
2012#11,2579#1,69789
2011#14,8246#1,84976
2010—#1,85078
2009#11,4599#2,62347
2008—#2,23759
2007#17,6365#2,28157
2006—#2,78441
2005#16,4625#2,49345
2004—#2,53143
2003—#3,62624
2002—#3,79422
2001—#2,98830
2000—#3,21926
1999—#2,51035
1998—#3,48621
1997—#3,45520
1996—#3,40620
1995—#3,19121
1994#13,4305#3,10922
1993—#3,36819
1992—#3,60417
1991—#4,00514
1990—#3,77915
1989—#2,98920
1988—#2,43724
1987—#2,64120
1986—#2,36023
1985#9,3076#2,59819
1984#7,3988#2,09825
1983—#2,01726
1982—#2,11125
1981#9,1106#2,03826
1980—#3,43012
1979—#3,16813
1978—#2,66916
1977—#3,03713
1976—#2,05423
1975—#3,42810
1974—#2,05021
1973—#2,40516
1972#8,2925—
1971—#3,9637
1970—#2,73912
1969—#1,86120
1968—#2,31113
1967—#2,13914
1966—#1,81418
1965—#2,36612
1964—#2,11415
1963—#1,90218
1962—#2,03516
1961—#2,40912
1960—#1,58126
1959—#2,29513
1958—#1,95317
1957—#2,01916
1956—#1,67622
1955—#1,72520
1954—#1,59323
1953—#1,83618
1952—#1,61522
1951—#1,43027
1950—#1,61521
1949—#1,75418
1948—#1,06344
1947—#1,23335
1946—#1,69218
1945—#1,34924
1944—#1,19331
1943—#1,63619
1942—#1,26830
1941—#1,30026
1940—#1,18332
1939—#95443
1938—#1,27527
1937—#1,21230
1936—#1,29626
1935—#94045
1934—#1,03839
1933—#1,05138
1932—#90251
1931—#1,07839
1930—#1,13238
1929—#99546
1928—#91354
1927—#1,09842
1926—#1,06443
1925—#94551
1924—#93756
1923—#94153
1922—#80969
1921—#76876
1920—#80569
1919—#86758
1918—#84161
1917—#78464
1916—#79760
1915—#77660
1914—#78845
1913—#73440
1912—#60845
1911—#75918
1910—#51230
1909—#61519
1908—#63217
1907—#55919
1906—#52319
1905—#66613
1904—#53817
1903—#57615
1902—#61513
1901—#68310
1900—#44626
1899—#52114
1898—#54315
1897—#7878
1896—#59213
1895—#50116
1894—#54314
1893—#50914
1892—#40422
1891—#52412
1890—#48915
1889—#48215
1888—#37724
1887—#39218
1886—#45116
1885—#31828
1884—#43318
1883—#49713
1882—#45316
1881—#39518
1880—#46515
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Smith was already there! It came in at #465, and was given to 15 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 106 spots since 2024 (#1,583 → #1,477)
  • 69 spots since 2020 (#1,408 → #1,477)
  • 292 spots since 2015 (#1,185 → #1,477)
  • Biggest jump: 321 spots in 1939 (#1,275 → #954)
  • Biggest drop: 356 spots in 1936 (#940 → #1,296)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #318 (28 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 51 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1880–1925
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,850
  • Highest: 1 in 3,850 boys born in 1885 were named Smith (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,234 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 23.0% of all boys named Smith (1,259) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s181#318 (1885)#426
1890s143#404 (1892)#541
1900s168#446 (1900)#585
1910s481#512 (1910)#747
1920s559#768 (1921)#928
1930s376#902 (1932)#1,088
1940s277#1,063 (1948)#1,367
1950s199#1,430 (1951)#1,776
1960s164#1,581 (1960)#2,053
1970s131#2,050 (1974)#2,835
1980s220#2,017 (1983)#2,472
1990s204#2,510 (1999)#3,391
2000s394#2,237 (2008)#2,858
2010s1,259#1,175 (2016)#1,421
2020s719#1,317 (2021)#1,484

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.

Smith in 2015

girls
#9,481
11 births · 1 in 162,282 girls
boys
#1,185
156 births · 1 in 12,287 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #9,481Smith11

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #1,185Smith156
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 162,282 of them was named Smith, which outranked 50.4% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Smith
  1. #8,931Zoelynn12
  2. #8,931Zorah12
  3. #8,931Zylie12
  4. #9,481Smith11
  5. #9,481Aaisha11
  6. #9,481Aalaiyah11
  7. #9,481Aaleah11
  8. #10,148Aarianna10
  9. #10,148Aaryah10
  10. #10,148Aaylah10

Tied with 666 names at #9,481; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 12,287 of them was named Smith, which outranked 91.6% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Smith
  1. #1,182Dhruv157
  2. #1,182Jorden157
  3. #1,182Kent157
  4. #1,185Smith156
  5. #1,185Brogan156
  6. #1,185Kaidyn156
  7. #1,185Stone156
  8. #1,190Adolfo155
  9. #1,190Aries155
  10. #1,190Cian155

Tied with 4 names at #1,185; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2015 →