girls:
112 births since 2014
#5604 (2nd percentile)
boys:
2.5k births since 1990
#2503 (45th percentile)
overall:
2.7k births since 1990
#5210 (33rd percentile)
The name Decker is the #5,210 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,662 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 32.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,503 (45.4% percentile) for all time with 2,550 births since 1990. For girls, it ranks #5,604 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 112 births since 2014.
Decker first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for boys and 2014 for girls).
The name Decker has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 93.3% of babies named Decker were boys.
For boys, Decker reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 23.1% percentile (ranked #711) with 117 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 117 births per million (ranked 23.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2005, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Decker ranks #736 for boys (19.2% percentile) with 98 births per million, which is 84.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Decker reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #942) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Decker ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 63.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Decker".
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