Governor
#8,907 most common boys' name of all time · #22,517 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1889–2011
Rank among boys
#8,907
Rank overall
#22,517 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
349
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1923 #1,973
Best rank
#875 1889
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Governor first appears in 1889. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,337 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,017 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,128 |
| 1955 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,806 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,206 |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,444 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,436 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,763 |
| 1949 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,667 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1947 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,437 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,070 |
| 1944 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,920 |
| 1943 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,617 |
| 1942 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,775 |
| 1941 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,260 |
| 1937 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,740 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,643 |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,012 |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,719 |
| 1932 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,152 |
| 1931 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,710 |
| 1930 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,337 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,040 |
| 1928 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,697 |
| 1927 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,967 |
| 1925 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,126 |
| 1924 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,680 |
| 1923 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1922 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,674 |
| 1921 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,674 |
| 1920 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,371 |
| 1919 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,709 |
| 1918 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,927 |
| 1917 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,775 |
| 1916 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,777 |
| 1915 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,873 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,328 |
| 1912 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,805 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,511 |
| 1900 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,268 |
| 1892 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,220 |
| 1889 | — | 7 | 7 | #875 |