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
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 28 births
- Debut · boys
- 15 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,475since 1880
Smith over time
Rank among boys' names. Smith has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #1,477 | 120 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #1,583 | 109 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #1,547 | 113 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #1,574 | 112 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #1,317 | 142 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #1,408 | 123 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #1,258 | 149 |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 | #1,343 | 134 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #1,202 | 154 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #1,175 | 162 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #1,185 | 156 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #1,276 | 139 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #1,376 | 122 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #1,697 | 89 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #1,849 | 76 |
| 2010 | — | #1,850 | 78 | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | #2,623 | 47 |
| 2008 | — | #2,237 | 59 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #2,281 | 57 |
| 2006 | — | #2,784 | 41 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #2,493 | 45 |
| 2004 | — | #2,531 | 43 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,626 | 24 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,794 | 22 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,988 | 30 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,219 | 26 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,510 | 35 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,486 | 21 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,406 | 20 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,191 | 21 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #3,109 | 22 |
| 1993 | — | #3,368 | 19 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,604 | 17 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,779 | 15 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,989 | 20 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,437 | 24 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,641 | 20 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,360 | 23 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #2,098 | 25 |
| 1983 | — | #2,017 | 26 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,111 | 25 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #2,038 | 26 |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,669 | 16 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,054 | 23 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,405 | 16 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,861 | 20 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,814 | 18 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,366 | 12 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,114 | 15 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,902 | 18 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,581 | 26 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,295 | 13 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,953 | 17 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,019 | 16 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,676 | 22 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,725 | 20 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,593 | 23 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,836 | 18 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,615 | 22 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,430 | 27 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,615 | 21 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,754 | 18 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,063 | 44 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,233 | 35 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,692 | 18 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,349 | 24 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,193 | 31 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,636 | 19 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,268 | 30 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,300 | 26 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,183 | 32 | |
| 1939 | — | #954 | 43 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,275 | 27 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,212 | 30 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,296 | 26 | |
| 1935 | — | #940 | 45 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,038 | 39 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,051 | 38 | |
| 1932 | — | #902 | 51 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,078 | 39 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,132 | 38 | |
| 1929 | — | #995 | 46 | |
| 1928 | — | #913 | 54 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,098 | 42 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,064 | 43 | |
| 1925 | — | #945 | 51 | |
| 1924 | — | #937 | 56 | |
| 1923 | — | #941 | 53 | |
| 1922 | — | #809 | 69 | |
| 1921 | — | #768 | 76 | |
| 1920 | — | #805 | 69 | |
| 1919 | — | #867 | 58 | |
| 1918 | — | #841 | 61 | |
| 1917 | — | #784 | 64 | |
| 1916 | — | #797 | 60 | |
| 1915 | — | #776 | 60 | |
| 1914 | — | #788 | 45 | |
| 1913 | — | #734 | 40 | |
| 1912 | — | #608 | 45 | |
| 1911 | — | #759 | 18 | |
| 1910 | — | #512 | 30 | |
| 1909 | — | #615 | 19 | |
| 1908 | — | #632 | 17 | |
| 1907 | — | #559 | 19 | |
| 1906 | — | #523 | 19 | |
| 1905 | — | #666 | 13 | |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #576 | 15 | |
| 1902 | — | #615 | 13 | |
| 1901 | — | #683 | 10 | |
| 1900 | — | #446 | 26 | |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #543 | 15 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #501 | 16 | |
| 1894 | — | #543 | 14 | |
| 1893 | — | #509 | 14 | |
| 1892 | — | #404 | 22 | |
| 1891 | — | #524 | 12 | |
| 1890 | — | #489 | 15 | |
| 1889 | — | #482 | 15 | |
| 1888 | — | #377 | 24 | |
| 1887 | — | #392 | 18 | |
| 1886 | — | #451 | 16 | |
| 1885 | — | #318 | 28 | |
| 1884 | — | #433 | 18 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #453 | 16 | |
| 1881 | — | #395 | 18 | |
| 1880 | — | #465 | 15 | |
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.
See more about Smith
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #318 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1880–1925
- 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%)
- 23.0% of all boys named Smith (1,259) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 181 | #318 (1885) | #426 |
| 1890s | 143 | #404 (1892) | #541 |
| 1900s | 168 | #446 (1900) | #585 |
| 1910s | 481 | #512 (1910) | #747 |
| 1920s | 559 | #768 (1921) | #928 |
| 1930s | 376 | #902 (1932) | #1,088 |
| 1940s | 277 | #1,063 (1948) | #1,367 |
| 1950s | 199 | #1,430 (1951) | #1,776 |
| 1960s | 164 | #1,581 (1960) | #2,053 |
| 1970s | 131 | #2,050 (1974) | #2,835 |
| 1980s | 220 | #2,017 (1983) | #2,472 |
| 1990s | 204 | #2,510 (1999) | #3,391 |
| 2000s | 394 | #2,237 (2008) | #2,858 |
| 2010s | 1,259 | #1,175 (2016) | #1,421 |
| 2020s | 719 | #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 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 123,319 of them was named Smith, which outranked 57.5% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,442Zoa15
- #7,442Zula15
- #7,442Zyaira15
- #7,840Smith14
- #7,840Aava14
- #7,840Aaylah14
- #7,840Abbi14
- #8,299Aala13
- #8,299Aamani13
- #8,299Aaryahi13
Tied with 458 names at #7,840; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 12,019 of them was named Smith, which outranked 91.6% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).