NameTides

Smith

Smith was the #1,477 boys' name in the US in 2025 (120 babies).

Smith as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
Smith as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Smith as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotland
2025#1,477 (120)——
2024#1,583 (109)——
2023#1,547 (113)——
2022#1,574 (112)#4,790 (3)—
2021#1,317 (142)——
2020#1,408 (123)#4,608 (3)—
2019#1,258 (149)#4,702 (3)—
2018#1,343 (134)——
2017#1,202 (154)#2,734 (7)—
2016#1,175 (162)#3,478 (5)—
2015#1,185 (156)#4,747 (3)—
2014#1,276 (139)——
2013#1,376 (122)#3,822 (4)—
2012#1,697 (89)#3,987 (4)—
2011#1,849 (76)#4,647 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1885 at #318.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 6% of US babies named Smith were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Smith is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 20,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Smith by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #539NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #756GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Smith (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500