Major Boy
How popular is Major?
#669 boy name in 2025
407 baby boys were named Major in the US in 2025, making it the 669th most popular boy name.
Major popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #669 for boys (▼ 89 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 407 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-55% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #361 in 2015, #349 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2017 (1,042 boys) |
| Highest rank | #244 in 1881 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Major counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Major family of names ranked #632 for boys in 2025 (#552 the year before), with 412 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Major | 407 | 99% |
| Maijor | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Major is most popular
Babies named Major per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.6 per 1,000 (91 boys)
- District of Columbia: 1.4 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- South Carolina: 1.0 per 1,000 (105 boys)
- Georgia: 1.0 per 1,000 (246 boys)
- Alabama: 1.0 per 1,000 (104 boys)
Major by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 378 | #244 |
| 1890s | 379 | #257 |
| 1900s | 388 | #277 |
| 1910s | 1,147 | #383 |
| 1920s | 1,436 | #469 |
| 1930s | 1,051 | #498 |
| 1940s | 1,176 | #513 |
| 1950s | 1,114 | #585 |
| 1960s | 692 | #826 |
| 1970s | 572 | #940 |
| 1980s | 552 | #1,095 |
| 1990s | 450 | #1,415 |
| 2000s | 868 | #1,045 |
| 2010s | 7,616 | #329 |
| 2020s | 3,854 | #349 |
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Questions
- Is Major a boy or girl name?
- Major is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Major were boys.
- How popular is the name Major?
- 407 baby boys were named Major in the US in 2025, making it the 669th most popular boy name.
- When was Major most popular?
- Major peaked in 2017, when 1,042 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #244, held for 2 years starting in 1881.
- How many people are named Major?
- 21,749 babies have been named Major in the US since 1880. We estimate about 15,886 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Major most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Major was most common in Mississippi, at 1.6 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.