Infant peaked in the US in 1990 at #389, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Infant as a boy’s name
US
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
Canada
2024
#5,659 (16)
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2023
#4,886 (20)
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2022
#5,874 (15)
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2021
#4,936 (19)
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2020
#6,620 (12)
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2019
#5,555 (16)
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2018
#8,154 (9)
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2017
#8,140 (9)
#2,198 (7)
2016
#5,789 (15)
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2015
#8,744 (8)
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2014
#7,562 (10)
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2013
#10,728 (6)
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2011
#12,287 (5)
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2009
#12,491 (5)
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2008
#9,019 (8)
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Infant as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2024
#7,594 (14)
2023
#5,390 (23)
2022
#5,984 (20)
2021
#6,174 (19)
2020
#7,212 (15)
2019
#8,138 (13)
2018
#8,146 (13)
2017
#15,902 (5)
2016
#10,859 (9)
2014
#10,129 (10)
2010
#14,959 (6)
2009
#11,459 (9)
2008
#13,832 (7)
2007
#11,630 (9)
2005
#2,278 (79)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1990 at #389.
First recorded in the US in 1983.
In 2024, 47% of US babies named Infant were girls.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.