Decker
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- #1,499 for boys in 2025, 117 births
- Given to boys 95.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2018 · 210 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,842since 1990
Decker over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Decker has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | #1,499 | 117 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #1,186 | 174 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | #1,156 | 180 |
| 2022 | #5,793 | 21 | #1,015 | 219 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 | #1,060 | 202 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #1,013 | 205 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | #1,041 | 198 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | #984 | 210 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #996 | 203 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #1,013 | 200 |
| 2015 | — | #1,080 | 182 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #1,074 | 180 |
| 2013 | — | #1,763 | 82 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,959 | 72 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,114 | 36 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,453 | 31 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,639 | 29 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,561 | 30 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,793 | 27 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,525 | 15 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,198 | 21 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,264 | 20 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,035 | 15 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,502 | 17 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,142 | 14 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,922 | 30 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,601 | 19 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,020 | 15 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,327 | 13 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
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First appearance
1990
The first year at least five boys were named Decker! It came in at #3,971, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.
Where Decker is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Wisconsin#618 · 1 in 3,347
- Minnesota#640 · 1 in 3,500
- Colorado#756 · 1 in 4,475
- Tennessee#1,040 · 1 in 7,354
- Pennsylvania#1,094 · 1 in 8,710
Best ever in a state: #199 in Montana, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Wisconsin | #618 | 7 | 1 in 3,347 |
| Minnesota | #640 | 7 | 1 in 3,500 |
| Colorado | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,475 |
| Tennessee | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 7,354 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,094 | 6 | 1 in 8,710 |
| Georgia | #1,216 | 6 | 1 in 8,370 |
| Illinois | #1,280 | 5 | 1 in 9,910 |
| Texas | #1,555 | 11 | 1 in 15,914 |
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 486 spots since 2020 (#1,013 → #1,499)
- Biggest jump: 17 spots in 2017
- Biggest drop: 57 spots in 2019
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1990
- Peaked 2018 at #984 (210 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 2017–2018
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,973
- Highest: 1 in 7,973 boys born in 2022 were named Decker (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,599 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #984 in 2018, was only 1 in 8,648 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 49.0% of all boys named Decker (1,394) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 133 | #3,601 (1997) | #4,633 |
| 2000s | 218 | #2,922 (2000) | #4,258 |
| 2010s | 1,394 | #984 (2018) | #1,648 |
| 2020s | 1,097 | #1,013 (2020) | #1,155 |
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.
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