Worth
#6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · boys
- 1898 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,204since 1880
Worth over time
Rank among boys' names. Worth has never cracked the top 500 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 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #4,321 | 24 |
| 2023 | #5,075 | 19 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #5,110 | 18 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #7,136 | 11 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | #2,322 | 13 |
| 1960 | #1,973 | 17 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,019 | 16 |
| 1956 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1952 | #1,856 | 17 |
| 1951 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1950 | #1,657 | 20 |
| 1949 | #1,462 | 25 |
| 1948 | #1,656 | 20 |
| 1947 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | #1,409 | 25 |
| 1945 | #1,581 | 18 |
| 1944 | #1,311 | 26 |
| 1943 | #1,343 | 27 |
| 1942 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #1,390 | 23 |
| 1938 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #1,000 | 40 |
| 1936 | #1,271 | 27 |
| 1935 | #1,148 | 33 |
| 1934 | #1,189 | 31 |
| 1933 | #1,103 | 35 |
| 1932 | #1,387 | 25 |
| 1931 | #1,050 | 41 |
| 1930 | #1,259 | 32 |
| 1929 | #1,129 | 38 |
| 1928 | #1,228 | 34 |
| 1927 | #1,041 | 45 |
| 1926 | #992 | 48 |
| 1925 | #933 | 52 |
| 1924 | #925 | 57 |
| 1923 | #1,008 | 48 |
| 1922 | #941 | 55 |
| 1921 | #962 | 53 |
| 1920 | #896 | 59 |
| 1919 | #811 | 65 |
| 1918 | #796 | 67 |
| 1917 | #934 | 47 |
| 1916 | #810 | 58 |
| 1915 | #846 | 53 |
| 1914 | #1,003 | 31 |
| 1913 | #789 | 36 |
| 1912 | #725 | 35 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #696 | 11 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #699 | 13 |
| 1899 | #661 | 10 |
| 1898 | #573 | 14 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #609 | 11 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | #682 | 8 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Worth was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Worth
- 2,125 spots since 2024 (#4,321 → #6,446)
- 5,576 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #6,446)
- 1,594 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #6,446)
- Biggest jump: 484 spots in 1898 (#1,057 → #573)
- Biggest drop: 741 spots in 1938 (#1,000 → #1,741)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1898 at #573 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1915–1922
- Highest: 1 in 8,763 boys born in 1898 were named Worth (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 22.2% of all boys named Worth (489) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 45 | #609 (1888) | #746 |
| 1890s | 76 | #573 (1898) | #843 |
| 1900s | 67 | #696 (1903) | #961 |
| 1910s | 415 | #725 (1912) | #868 |
| 1920s | 489 | #896 (1920) | #1,006 |
| 1930s | 303 | #1,000 (1937) | #1,254 |
| 1940s | 216 | #1,311 (1944) | #1,550 |
| 1950s | 165 | #1,519 (1951) | #2,032 |
| 1960s | 100 | #1,973 (1960) | #2,733 |
| 1970s | 60 | #3,521 (1970) | #4,481 |
| 1980s | 56 | #3,882 (1986) | #5,293 |
| 1990s | 13 | #6,968 (1994) | #7,470 |
| 2000s | 31 | #7,236 (2009) | #8,356 |
| 2010s | 79 | #6,349 (2016) | #7,725 |
| 2020s | 89 | #4,321 (2024) | #6,790 |
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.
Worth in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
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1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 28,306 of them was named Worth, which outranked 75.2% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,111Price39
- #1,111Vernie39
- #1,111Whitney39
- #1,129Worth38
- #1,129Candelario38
- #1,129Glenwood38
- #1,129Harlen38
- #1,138Abelardo37
- #1,138Adan37
- #1,138Bedford37
Tied with 8 names at #1,129; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.