How Many People Are Named Major?
people named Major are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 21,673 people in the US has this name
Based on 21,749 babies named Major in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,050 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally derived from the given name Mauger, an Old French form of the Germanic name Malger meaning "council spear". The name can also be given in reference to the English word major.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Major (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Major alive today is about 19 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Major first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2017, to 1,050 babies. In 2025, 407 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Major has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #247, in 1889. In 2025 it ranked #670.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #670 |
| Best rank | #247 (1889) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #396 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Major alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Major were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,634 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Major was given 4.9 times as often in Mississippi, 3.9 times in Alabama and 3.2 times in South Carolina.
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