Is Major a boy or girl name?
Major is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 5 girls and 490 boys were named Major, so 1% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.4% of the 21,331 US babies named Major were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #580
- Girl rank, 2024
- #16,724
- Babies named Major since 1880
- 21,331
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 1,050 babies
Boys and girls named Major, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 378 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 379 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 388 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 1,147 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 1,436 | 5 | 0.3% |
| 1930s | 1,051 | 11 | 1% |
| 1940s | 1,176 | 0 | 0% |
| 1950s | 1,114 | 0 | 0% |
| 1960s | 692 | 0 | 0% |
| 1970s | 572 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980s | 552 | 0 | 0% |
| 1990s | 450 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 868 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 7,613 | 37 | 0.5% |
| 2020s | 3,439 | 23 | 0.7% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 490 | #580 | 5 | #16,724 |
| 2023 | 578 | #514 | 5 | #16,690 |
| 2022 | 703 | #442 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 757 | #412 | 5 | #16,782 |
| 2020 | 911 | #349 | 8 | #11,733 |
| 2019 | 948 | #350 | 6 | #14,903 |
| 2018 | 944 | #349 | 11 | #9,565 |
| 2017 | 1,042 | #330 | 8 | #12,333 |
| 2016 | 988 | #348 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 912 | #361 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 934 | #350 | 7 | #14,020 |
| 2013 | 854 | #366 | 5 | #18,252 |
| 2012 | 556 | #486 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 197 | #990 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 238 | #881 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 182 | #1,047 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 90 | #1,701 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 94 | #1,645 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 83 | #1,707 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 74 | #1,783 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 75 | #1,710 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 63 | #1,880 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 78 | #1,581 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 74 | #1,610 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 55 | #1,911 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,653 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,428 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 39 | #2,217 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 36 | #2,284 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 43 | #1,975 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 46 | #1,860 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 56 | #1,611 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 48 | #1,768 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 51 | #1,638 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 62 | #1,428 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 73 | #1,275 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,333 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 44 | #1,600 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 51 | #1,396 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 39 | #1,633 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 53 | #1,275 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 47 | #1,369 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 51 | #1,314 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 69 | #1,100 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 65 | #1,129 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,201 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,222 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,264 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,310 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 50 | #1,201 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,078 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,063 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 57 | #1,079 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 67 | #996 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 72 | #948 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 69 | #917 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 55 | #1,002 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 68 | #871 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 57 | #963 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 79 | #830 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 83 | #834 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 77 | #862 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 67 | #928 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 66 | #945 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 71 | #901 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 105 | #747 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 97 | #752 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 100 | #755 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 98 | #744 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 103 | #722 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 111 | #686 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 116 | #659 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 116 | #646 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 134 | #606 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 134 | #587 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 110 | #657 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 120 | #619 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 121 | #622 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 108 | #619 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 121 | #545 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 129 | #536 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 126 | #567 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 122 | #557 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 92 | #638 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 127 | #515 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 103 | #563 | 5 | #4,667 |
| 1938 | 98 | #599 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 93 | #601 | 6 | #4,093 |
| 1936 | 103 | #568 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 89 | #625 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 95 | #609 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 107 | #555 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 125 | #520 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 95 | #608 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 143 | #500 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 122 | #531 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 150 | #494 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 145 | #504 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 147 | #498 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 116 | #582 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 150 | #513 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 124 | #558 | 5 | #5,418 |
| 1922 | 151 | #504 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 162 | #484 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 169 | #469 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 183 | #437 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 153 | #482 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 159 | #447 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 130 | #500 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 151 | #446 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 109 | #463 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 98 | #430 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 68 | #476 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 50 | #406 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 46 | #388 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 51 | #323 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 38 | #379 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 30 | #426 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 39 | #333 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 44 | #305 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 31 | #365 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 36 | #314 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 46 | #278 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 22 | #403 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 51 | #291 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 42 | #263 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 42 | #283 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 39 | #294 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 42 | #285 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 34 | #311 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 37 | #290 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 41 | #273 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 41 | #287 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 34 | #280 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 27 | #340 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 44 | #247 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 37 | #293 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 40 | #252 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 31 | #310 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 37 | #275 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 36 | #292 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 41 | #260 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 44 | #260 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 40 | #250 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 28 | #324 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Major reached #247 in 1889. As a girl name, it reached #4,093 in 1937. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2010s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.