Townsend
#5,176 most common boys' name of all time · #12,852 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1914–2025
Rank among boys
#5,176
Rank overall
#12,852 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
82 of 146
All-time
882
Since 2016
247
Peak year
2025 #3,252
Best rank
#2,243 1934
Girls
Boys
peak 41/yr
Townsend first appears in 1914. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 36 | 41 | #3,252 |
| 2024 | — | 27 | 27 | #4,000 |
| 2023 | 6 | 23 | 29 | #4,474 |
| 2022 | — | 27 | 27 | #4,005 |
| 2021 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,668 |
| 2020 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,727 |
| 2019 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,916 |
| 2018 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,769 |
| 2017 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,735 |
| 2016 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,965 |
| 2015 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,096 |
| 2014 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2013 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,090 |
| 2012 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,747 |
| 2011 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2010 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 2009 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,574 |
| 2008 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,820 |
| 2007 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,940 |
| 2006 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,136 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,164 |
| 2004 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,236 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,934 |
| 2002 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,823 |
| 2001 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,634 |
| 1999 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,709 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,261 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,089 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,987 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,059 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,768 |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,026 |
| 1990 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,459 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,078 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,570 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,145 |
| 1986 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,547 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,801 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,481 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,629 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,512 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,216 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,161 |
| 1965 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,363 |
| 1962 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,947 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,494 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,221 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1956 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 1954 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,409 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,041 |
| 1952 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,197 |
| 1949 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,933 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,929 |
| 1947 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,012 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,832 |
| 1945 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 1944 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,792 |
| 1940 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,447 |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,331 |
| 1936 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1935 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,492 |
| 1934 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,243 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,511 |
| 1932 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1931 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1930 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,964 |
| 1928 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,248 |
| 1927 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,398 |
| 1926 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,572 |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,960 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,712 |
| 1923 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,739 |
| 1922 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,963 |
| 1921 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,409 |
| 1919 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,617 |
| 1918 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,252 |
| 1917 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,907 |
| 1916 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,709 |
| 1915 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,099 |
| 1914 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,252 |