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Infant Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Infant?

In 2018 less than 5 children were given the name in the United States.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Infant has seen higher popularity rankings.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #389 in 1990 with 596 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Infant was less than 5, most recently in 2018.

Infant, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1982-1990, and 1996-1999.

Sometimes the name Infant has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Infant's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

How popular will Infant be?

Infant's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Infant lately has dropped.

The name Infant is mostly unused and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Infant has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Infant (Girl)Infant (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- < 5 --
2017 < 5 -- 8 9,134
2016 7 13,407 14 6,141
2015 < 5 -- 7 9,940
2014 8 12,337 9 8,384
2013 < 5 -- 6 11,251
2012 < 5 -- < 5 --
2011 < 5 -- 5 13,022
2010 6 15,680 < 5 --
2009 9 11,829 5 13,187
2008 7 14,393 7 10,283
2007 9 11,996 9 8,452
2006 < 5 -- 9 8,266
2005 79 2,283 95 1,510
2004 84 2,137 135 1,160
2003 85 2,087 96 1,394
2002 108 1,698 125 1,142
2001 110 1,654 109 1,222
2000 210 1,007 216 770
1999 350 658 360 558
1998 166 1,142 149 946
1997 169 1,114 208 736
1996 194 979 200 750
1995 222 868 244 676
1994 180 1,030 195 753
1993 195 969 202 734
1992 284 745 324 565
1991 187 998 229 669
1990 581 433 596 389
1989 392 568 376 492
1988 77 1,675 78 1,134
1987 16 4,924 34 1,878
1986 19 4,241 21 2,551
1985 19 4,185 18 2,759
1984 8 7,641 15 3,014
1983 < 5 -- 11 3,717
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.