Real
- Last seen for girls in 2012 at #11,257
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
- Given to boys 93.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1941 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 395since 1918
Real over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,166 | 9 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
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| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
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| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
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| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
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| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,225 | 12 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,266 | 11 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,444 | 11 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,387 | 12 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,641 | 11 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
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| 1918 | — | #2,882 | 9 | |
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First appearance
1918
The first year at least five boys were named Real! It came in at #2,882, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1920, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Real is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Real 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 2024
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1941 at #1,997 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1942, 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 85,423
- Highest: 1 in 85,423 boys born in 1926 were named Real (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,997 in 1941, was only 1 in 94,486 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 21.3% of all boys named Real (84) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2015
- Mostly girls until 2014, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 9 | #2,882 (1918) | #2,882 |
| 1920s | 84 | #2,302 (1926) | #2,996 |
| 1930s | 81 | #2,062 (1936) | #2,609 |
| 1940s | 50 | #1,997 (1941) | #2,808 |
| 1950s | 49 | #2,964 (1955) | #3,472 |
| 1960s | 21 | #2,665 (1964) | #3,420 |
| 1970s | 12 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,946 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 24 | #7,416 (2000) | #10,011 |
| 2010s | 20 | #9,709 (2012) | #10,036 |
| 2020s | 45 | #7,738 (2023) | #8,327 |
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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