Squire

Last seen for boys in 1997 at #9,265

Peak · boys
1880 · 15 births
Debut · boys
15 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
511
since 1880

Squire over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Squire has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #465, 1880boys
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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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1997#9,2655
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1985#5,7856
1984
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1981#6,2625
1980
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1977
1976#4,9356
1975
1974#3,8378
1973#4,0547
1972
1971#3,9637
1970#4,7245
1969
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1965
1964#4,0395
1963#3,3187
1962
1961#4,0655
1960
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1956#3,5356
1955
1954#3,8275
1953#3,7985
1952
1951#3,3646
1950#3,0217
1949
1948#2,21812
1947#3,7335
1946#2,6908
1945
1944#2,6338
1943#3,2316
1942#2,7128
1941#2,6568
1940
1939#2,8297
1938#2,6468
1937#2,9057
1936#3,5495
1935#2,39610
1934#2,7428
1933#3,0047
1932#2,6389
1931
1930#4,0015
1929
1928
1927
1926#2,07415
1925#2,43512
1924#2,47312
1923#3,8226
1922#2,80110
1921#3,2148
1920#2,13115
1919#3,1158
1918#1,90517
1917#2,7329
1916#3,5166
1915#3,0827
1914#2,4578
1913#1,80310
1912#1,8858
1911#1,1909
1910
1909#1,4405
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1900
1899#9286
1898
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1894#7309
1893#9076
1892#7928
1891#9635
1890#6679
1889#9745
1888#1,0315
1887#7527
1886#8456
1885#7657
1884#54712
1883#52712
1882#61110
1881#6538
1880#46515
First appearance
1880

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


Quietest stretch: 1895–1898, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Squire
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
  • Biggest jump: 307 spots in 1890 (#974#667)
  • Biggest drop: 296 spots in 1891 (#667#963)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #465 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1880–1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,366
  • Highest: 1 in 7,366 boys born in 1880 were named Squire (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 377,028 boys born in 1997 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1880s
  • 17.0% of all boys named Squire (87) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s87#465 (1880)#717
1890s43#667 (1890)#831
1900s5#1,440 (1909)#1,440
1910s82#1,190 (1911)#2,409
1920s78#2,074 (1926)#2,707
1930s66#2,396 (1935)#2,968
1940s55#2,218 (1948)#2,839
1950s29#3,021 (1950)#3,509
1960s17#3,318 (1963)#3,807
1970s33#3,837 (1974)#4,303
1980s11#5,785 (1985)#6,024
1990s5#9,265 (1997)#9,265

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.

Squire in 1889

boys
#974
5 births · 1 in 22,116 boys

Top boys' names in 1889

  1. #1John8,548
  2. #2William7,772
  3. #3James5,020
  4. #4George4,430
  5. #5Charles4,199
  6. #6Frank2,975
  7. #7Joseph2,729
  8. #8Harry2,559
  9. #9Robert2,513
  10. #10Edward2,299
  11. #974Squire5
More about 1889

boys

110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 22,116 of them was named Squire, which outranked 12.3% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Squire
  1. #878Williams6
  2. #878Winford6
  3. #878Wright6
  4. #974Squire5
  5. #974Abie5
  6. #974Alphonsus5
  7. #974Alta5

Tied with 137 names at #974; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. 506Connie#1,031#525
  2. 483Hamilton#917#434
  3. 482Ballard#1,031#549
  4. 453Bertie#917#464
  5. 450Essie#1,031#581
Fallers
  1. 510Wendell#464#974
  2. 469Melton#505#974
  3. 462Enos#416#878
  4. 394Ruby#580#974
  5. 394Webb#580#974

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

See the top 100 for 1889