Major
M FMajor is a given name used predominantly for boys. There have been 21,331 people born with this name in the United States since 1880 — 21,255 as boys and 76 as girls. Major gained popularity in the 1910s, peaked in 2017 and has since declined in popularity.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State (2024)
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Yearly Data
| Year | Births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 495 |
| 2023 | 583 |
| 2022 | 703 |
| 2021 | 762 |
| 2020 | 919 |
| 2019 | 954 |
| 2018 | 955 |
| 2017 | 1,050 |
| 2016 | 988 |
| 2015 | 912 |
| 2014 | 941 |
| 2013 | 859 |
| 2012 | 556 |
| 2011 | 197 |
| 2010 | 238 |
| 2009 | 182 |
| 2008 | 90 |
| 2007 | 94 |
| 2006 | 83 |
| 2005 | 74 |
| 2004 | 75 |
| 2003 | 63 |
| 2002 | 78 |
| 2001 | 74 |
| 2000 | 55 |
| 1999 | 33 |
| 1998 | 36 |
| 1997 | 39 |
| 1996 | 36 |
| 1995 | 43 |
| 1994 | 46 |
| 1993 | 56 |
| 1992 | 48 |
| 1991 | 51 |
| 1990 | 62 |
| 1989 | 73 |
| 1988 | 60 |
| 1987 | 44 |
| 1986 | 51 |
| 1985 | 39 |
| 1984 | 53 |
| 1983 | 47 |
| 1982 | 51 |
| 1981 | 69 |
| 1980 | 65 |
| 1979 | 58 |
| 1978 | 54 |
| 1977 | 50 |
| 1976 | 46 |
| 1975 | 50 |
| 1974 | 59 |
| 1973 | 59 |
| 1972 | 57 |
| 1971 | 67 |
| 1970 | 72 |
| 1969 | 69 |
| 1968 | 55 |
| 1967 | 68 |
| 1966 | 57 |
| 1965 | 79 |
| 1964 | 83 |
| 1963 | 77 |
| 1962 | 67 |
| 1961 | 66 |
| 1960 | 71 |
| 1959 | 105 |
| 1958 | 97 |
| 1957 | 100 |
| 1956 | 98 |
| 1955 | 103 |
| 1954 | 111 |
| 1953 | 116 |
| 1952 | 116 |
| 1951 | 134 |
| 1950 | 134 |
| 1949 | 110 |
| 1948 | 120 |
| 1947 | 121 |
| 1946 | 108 |
| 1945 | 121 |
| 1944 | 129 |
| 1943 | 126 |
| 1942 | 122 |
| 1941 | 92 |
| 1940 | 127 |
| 1939 | 108 |
| 1938 | 98 |
| 1937 | 99 |
| 1936 | 103 |
| 1935 | 89 |
| 1934 | 95 |
| 1933 | 107 |
| 1932 | 125 |
| 1931 | 95 |
| 1930 | 143 |
| 1929 | 122 |
| 1928 | 150 |
| 1927 | 145 |
| 1926 | 147 |
| 1925 | 116 |
| 1924 | 150 |
| 1923 | 129 |
| 1922 | 151 |
| 1921 | 162 |
| 1920 | 169 |
| 1919 | 183 |
| 1918 | 153 |
| 1917 | 159 |
| 1916 | 130 |
| 1915 | 151 |
| 1914 | 109 |
| 1913 | 98 |
| 1912 | 68 |
| 1911 | 50 |
| 1910 | 46 |
| 1909 | 51 |
| 1908 | 38 |
| 1907 | 30 |
| 1906 | 39 |
| 1905 | 44 |
| 1904 | 31 |
| 1903 | 36 |
| 1902 | 46 |
| 1901 | 22 |
| 1900 | 51 |
| 1899 | 42 |
| 1898 | 42 |
| 1897 | 39 |
| 1896 | 42 |
| 1895 | 34 |
| 1894 | 37 |
| 1893 | 41 |
| 1892 | 41 |
| 1891 | 34 |
| 1890 | 27 |
| 1889 | 44 |
| 1888 | 37 |
| 1887 | 40 |
| 1886 | 31 |
| 1885 | 37 |
| 1884 | 36 |
| 1883 | 41 |
| 1882 | 44 |
| 1881 | 40 |
| 1880 | 28 |