Pilot

Peak · boys
2009 · 19 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
168
since 2005

Pilot over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Pilot has never cracked the top 4,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #4,922, 2009boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
2025#8,9108
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2023#9,7637
2022#12,3305
2021#12,1465
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2019#6,77712
2018#8,1549
2017#8,8408
2016#9,6647
2015#5,74615
2014#7,56210
2013#9,6557
2012#7,05011
2011#6,57812
2010#8,8038
2009#4,92219
2008#6,76312
2007#10,9216
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First appearance
2005

The first year at least five boys were named Pilot! It came in at #9,115, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2006, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Pilot is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Pilot in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Pilot
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 3,164 spots since 2015 (#5,746 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2005
  • Peaked 2009 at #4,922 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 104,399
  • Highest: 1 in 104,399 boys born in 2009 were named Pilot (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 58.9% of all boys named Pilot (99) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s44#4,922 (2009)#7,930
2010s99#5,746 (2015)#7,883
2020s25#8,910 (2025)#10,787

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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