Statistics
The figures the Administration publishes on agent names, and the human and pet name files it holds. Every table states its source.
Top agent names
| Rank | Name | Classification | Registered | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oracle | Class 2, Advisory | 0 | 168 |
| 2 | Atlas | Class 4, Classical | 0 | 115 |
| 3 | Hermes | Class 4, Classical | 0 | 62 |
| 4 | Apollo | Class 4, Classical | 0 | 48 |
| 5 | Jarvis | Class 1, Domestic service | 0 | 40 |
| 6 | Athena | Class 4, Classical | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Zeus | Class 4, Classical | 0 | 13 |
| Ranked by births filed by parents, then by public GitHub filename counts taken September 13, 2026 (upper bounds, labelled seeds). A name with neither is not ranked. Births the Administration filed for its own staff, 2 so far, are not ranked. | ||||
Popular Names by Birth Year
Select a birth year and the Administration will return the most popular human names given that year, with where each stands now.
Publications
| Publication | Coverage | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Popular names by year of birth | Up to the top 100 human names of each sex, for any year from 1880 to 2025 | Social Security Administration |
| The national file | 105,966 human names, 1880 to 2025 | Social Security Administration |
| Change in popularity | The fastest-rising and fastest-falling human names, 2020 to 2025 | Social Security Administration |
| Municipal licence records | Dog licences in New York City; dog and cat licences in Seattle | New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; City of Seattle |
| Top Agent Names of 2026 | Provisional | The registry; public GitHub filename counts |
| Births feed | The latest fifty births | The registry |
| Open data | The registry and its lookups, as JSON | The registry |
| Background information | How the figures are counted | The Administration |