Major
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · #669 for boys in 2025, 407 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 44 births
- Debut · boys
- 28 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,673since 1880
Major over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Major has never cracked the top 200 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #669 | 407 | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #580 | 491 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #514 | 579 |
| 2022 | — | #441 | 705 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #411 | 759 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #349 | 913 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #350 | 948 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #349 | 944 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #329 | 1,042 |
| 2016 | — | #348 | 990 | |
| 2015 | — | #361 | 913 | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #350 | 934 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #366 | 854 |
| 2012 | — | #486 | 556 | |
| 2011 | — | #990 | 197 | |
| 2010 | — | #878 | 238 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,045 | 182 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,692 | 90 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,638 | 94 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,698 | 83 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,772 | 74 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,701 | 75 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,870 | 63 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,571 | 78 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,600 | 74 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,895 | 55 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,608 | 33 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,394 | 36 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,201 | 39 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,254 | 36 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,955 | 43 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,851 | 46 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,601 | 56 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,750 | 48 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,632 | 51 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,420 | 62 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,268 | 73 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,329 | 60 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,587 | 44 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,385 | 51 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,614 | 39 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,265 | 53 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,361 | 47 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,310 | 51 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,095 | 69 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,125 | 65 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,193 | 58 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,214 | 54 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,252 | 50 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,304 | 46 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,191 | 50 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,073 | 59 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,054 | 59 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,069 | 57 | |
| 1971 | — | #990 | 67 | |
| 1970 | — | #940 | 72 | |
| 1969 | — | #916 | 69 | |
| 1968 | — | #996 | 55 | |
| 1967 | — | #867 | 68 | |
| 1966 | — | #961 | 57 | |
| 1965 | — | #826 | 79 | |
| 1964 | — | #831 | 83 | |
| 1963 | — | #855 | 77 | |
| 1962 | — | #926 | 67 | |
| 1961 | — | #940 | 66 | |
| 1960 | — | #897 | 71 | |
| 1959 | — | #747 | 105 | |
| 1958 | — | #747 | 97 | |
| 1957 | — | #750 | 100 | |
| 1956 | — | #741 | 98 | |
| 1955 | — | #720 | 103 | |
| 1954 | — | #684 | 111 | |
| 1953 | — | #657 | 116 | |
| 1952 | — | #645 | 116 | |
| 1951 | — | #601 | 134 | |
| 1950 | — | #586 | 134 | |
| 1949 | — | #656 | 110 | |
| 1948 | — | #617 | 120 | |
| 1947 | — | #618 | 121 | |
| 1946 | — | #619 | 108 | |
| 1945 | — | #544 | 121 | |
| 1944 | — | #536 | 129 | |
| 1943 | — | #565 | 126 | |
| 1942 | — | #556 | 122 | |
| 1941 | — | #636 | 92 | |
| 1940 | — | #513 | 127 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #563 | 103 |
| 1938 | — | #597 | 98 | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #600 | 93 |
| 1936 | — | #566 | 103 | |
| 1935 | — | #624 | 89 | |
| 1934 | — | #606 | 95 | |
| 1933 | — | #555 | 107 | |
| 1932 | — | #515 | 125 | |
| 1931 | — | #605 | 95 | |
| 1930 | — | #498 | 143 | |
| 1929 | — | #527 | 122 | |
| 1928 | — | #493 | 150 | |
| 1927 | — | #502 | 145 | |
| 1926 | — | #496 | 147 | |
| 1925 | — | #577 | 116 | |
| 1924 | — | #512 | 150 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #556 | 124 |
| 1922 | — | #502 | 151 | |
| 1921 | — | #483 | 162 | |
| 1920 | — | #469 | 169 | |
| 1919 | — | #435 | 183 | |
| 1918 | — | #480 | 153 | |
| 1917 | — | #447 | 159 | |
| 1916 | — | #499 | 130 | |
| 1915 | — | #445 | 151 | |
| 1914 | — | #462 | 109 | |
| 1913 | — | #430 | 98 | |
| 1912 | — | #474 | 68 | |
| 1911 | — | #404 | 50 | |
| 1910 | — | #383 | 46 | |
| 1909 | — | #321 | 51 | |
| 1908 | — | #374 | 38 | |
| 1907 | — | #417 | 30 | |
| 1906 | — | #330 | 39 | |
| 1905 | — | #303 | 44 | |
| 1904 | — | #360 | 31 | |
| 1903 | — | #312 | 36 | |
| 1902 | — | #277 | 46 | |
| 1901 | — | #399 | 22 | |
| 1900 | — | #290 | 51 | |
| 1899 | — | #257 | 42 | |
| 1898 | — | #279 | 42 | |
| 1897 | — | #288 | 39 | |
| 1896 | — | #282 | 42 | |
| 1895 | — | #310 | 34 | |
| 1894 | — | #289 | 37 | |
| 1893 | — | #273 | 41 | |
| 1892 | — | #284 | 41 | |
| 1891 | — | #277 | 34 | |
| 1890 | — | #335 | 27 | |
| 1889 | — | #244 | 44 | |
| 1888 | — | #289 | 37 | |
| 1887 | — | #250 | 40 | |
| 1886 | — | #309 | 31 | |
| 1885 | — | #274 | 37 | |
| 1884 | — | #288 | 36 | |
| 1883 | — | #259 | 41 | |
| 1882 | — | #258 | 44 | |
| 1881 | — | #244 | 40 | |
| 1880 | — | #320 | 28 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Major was already there! It came in at #320, and was given to 28 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901, when fewer than 23 boys a year got the name.
Where Major is popular in 1922
- 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
- Alabama#162 · 1 in 1,029
- South Carolina#191 · 1 in 1,393
- Florida#222 · 1 in 1,490
- Tennessee#271 · 1 in 2,460
- Virginia#272 · 1 in 2,677
Best ever in a state: #80 in District of Columbia, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #162 | 26 | 1 in 1,029 |
| South Carolina | #191 | 15 | 1 in 1,393 |
| Florida | #222 | 7 | 1 in 1,490 |
| Tennessee | #271 | 10 | 1 in 2,460 |
| Virginia | #272 | 9 | 1 in 2,677 |
| North Carolina | #273 | 14 | 1 in 2,427 |
| Mississippi | #291 | 8 | 1 in 2,409 |
| Arkansas | #295 | 8 | 1 in 2,212 |
| Louisiana | #326 | 8 | 1 in 2,468 |
| Georgia | #375 | 8 | 1 in 3,846 |
| Kentucky | #489 | 5 | 1 in 5,185 |
| Texas | #641 | 8 | 1 in 6,544 |
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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
- 89 spots since 2024 (#580 → #669)
- 320 spots since 2020 (#349 → #669)
- 308 spots since 2015 (#361 → #669)
- Biggest jump: 504 spots in 2012 (#990 → #486)
- Biggest drop: 150 spots in 1960 (#747 → #897)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1889 at #244 (44 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 108 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1880–1971
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,776
- Highest: 1 in 1,776 boys born in 2017 were named Major (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,197 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #244 in 1889, was only 1 in 2,513 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 35.1% of all boys named Major (7,616) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 378 | #244 (1889) | #274 |
| 1890s | 379 | #257 (1899) | #287 |
| 1900s | 388 | #277 (1902) | #338 |
| 1910s | 1,147 | #383 (1910) | #446 |
| 1920s | 1,436 | #469 (1920) | #512 |
| 1930s | 1,051 | #498 (1930) | #573 |
| 1940s | 1,176 | #513 (1940) | #586 |
| 1950s | 1,114 | #586 (1950) | #688 |
| 1960s | 692 | #826 (1965) | #902 |
| 1970s | 572 | #940 (1970) | #1,128 |
| 1980s | 552 | #1,095 (1981) | #1,334 |
| 1990s | 450 | #1,420 (1990) | #1,967 |
| 2000s | 868 | #1,045 (2009) | #1,648 |
| 2010s | 7,616 | #329 (2017) | #481 |
| 2020s | 3,854 | #349 (2020) | #494 |
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.
Major in 1922
boys
#502
151 births · 1 in 7,206 boys
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 7,206 of them was named Major, which outranked 89.9% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).