first name
MALE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 27,911 people named Male, 49.9% reported their origin as White, 23.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 16.8% as Black. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Male peaked in 1991, when 223 babies got the name.
At least 1,530 babies have been given the name since 1963. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Male by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,646. The largest share of babies named Male, 72.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Male is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Male has been most common in New Mexico (31×), New York (9.8×), and Kansas (4.6×), and least common in Kansas (4.6×).
1,358 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Male
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Male, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Male ranks #2,611 of 156,621, with 13,499 people. See Male as a last name
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