Press
- Last seen for boys in 1955 at #3,201
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 241since 1880
Press over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Press has never cracked the top 500 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
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| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
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| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
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| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
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| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
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| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #1,290 | 8 |
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| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
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| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
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| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
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| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #609 | 11 |
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| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
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| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | #595 | 9 |
| 1880 | #682 | 8 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Press 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.
Where Press is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Press in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1955
- Biggest jump: 253 spots in 1896
- Biggest drop: 242 spots in 1882
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #595 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1880–1882
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,987
- Highest: 1 in 10,987 boys born in 1888 were named Press (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 294,270 boys born in 1955 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #595 in 1881, was only 1 in 11,193 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 23.7% of all boys named Press (57) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1880s | 55 | #595 (1881) | #722 |
| 1890s | 33 | #739 (1890) | #912 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,373 (1908) | #1,373 |
| 1910s | 52 | #1,290 (1911) | #2,733 |
| 1920s | 57 | #2,302 (1926) | #3,270 |
| 1930s | 13 | #2,849 (1932) | #3,306 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 26 | #2,662 (1951) | #3,349 |
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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