Day
Masculine
Day is given to both — 142 boys and 166 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Day entered the US charts in 1915, peaked at #3092 in 1932, ranks #10695 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Day?
Day first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Day alive today was born around 1954, making them about 71 years old. Fewer than a hundred people named Day are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
When was the name Day most popular?
Day peaked in 1932, reaching #3092 nationally. Today it ranks #10695, 7,603 places below that high. See the whole 1932 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1915
- Most boys named
- 19227 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3092reached in 1932
- Change vs 2022
- 0.0%6 in 2025, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Days among us
Fewer than a hundred people named Day are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
About 1 boy in 284,679 born in 2025 was named Day
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Uel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Day's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Uel climbed just as high around 1915, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Uel's path sketches the road Day is walking now.
Day sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Day beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Day in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
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Masculine · #10695 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Days are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Day are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
- How popular is the name Day in 2025?
- Day ranks #10695 among US boy names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Day?
- About 1 in every 284,679 US boys born in 2025 was named Day — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Day with classmates?
- Day will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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