Male
Last seen for boys in 2015 at #5,058
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 223 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,530since 1963
Male over time
Rank among boys' names. Male has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2015 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #2,138 | 64 |
| 2013 | #2,461 | 50 |
| 2012 | #3,115 | 36 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #4,678 | 20 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #3,909 | 21 |
| 2001 | #3,842 | 21 |
| 2000 | #2,805 | 32 |
| 1999 | #3,376 | 23 |
| 1998 | #3,092 | 25 |
| 1997 | #2,903 | 26 |
| 1996 | #2,017 | 43 |
| 1995 | #1,107 | 105 |
| 1994 | #963 | 131 |
| 1993 | #958 | 126 |
| 1992 | #1,077 | 104 |
| 1991 | #679 | 223 |
| 1990 | #702 | 211 |
| 1989 | #2,027 | 35 |
| 1988 | #1,249 | 67 |
| 1987 | #1,793 | 36 |
| 1986 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
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| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
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| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
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| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Male! It came in at #4,048, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1983, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Male is popular in 1994
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#174 · 1 in 1,085
- Kansas#287 · 1 in 1,937
Best ever in a state: #37 in New Mexico, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #174 | 116 | 1 in 1,085 |
| Kansas | #287 | 8 | 1 in 1,937 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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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.
See more about Male
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Biggest jump: 1,325 spots in 1990 (#2,027 → #702)
- Biggest drop: 398 spots in 1992 (#679 → #1,077)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1991 at #679 (223 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1990–1991
- Highest: 1 in 9,060 boys born in 1991 were named Male (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 106,486 boys born in 2015 (0.00%)
- 66.5% of all boys named Male (1,017) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15 | #4,048 (1963) | #4,196 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 170 | #1,249 (1988) | #3,587 |
| 1990s | 1,017 | #679 (1991) | #1,687 |
| 2000s | 122 | #2,805 (2000) | #6,260 |
| 2010s | 206 | #2,138 (2014) | #3,739 |
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.
Male in 1994
Top boys' names in 1994
More about 1994
boys
1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 14,748 of them was named Male, which outranked 90.6% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #958Demonte132
- #958Mikal132
- #958Syed132
- #963Male131
- #963Eliezer131
- #963Samson131
- #963Sylvester131
- #968Nicklaus130
- #968Pete130
- #968Shay130
Tied with 4 names at #963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.