--- description: The popularity of your name is likely far different today than it was the year you were born title: Find Out What Your Name Would Be If You Were Born Today image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Find Out What Your Name Would Be if You Were Born Today  by [Chris Wilson](/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 17, 2024 4:50 PM CUTPublished: May 13, 2015 3:24 PM CUT  by [Chris Wilson](/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 17, 2024 4:50 PM CUTPublished: May 13, 2015 3:24 PM CUT _Note: This feature has been updated with data from 2019._ The popularity of your name is likely far different today than it was the year you were born. Maybe you’re one of those men born in 1983 and named _Michael,_ the most popular name of the year. Today, if you were given the most popular boy’s name, [you’d be named Liam](https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/ "undefined"). The following interactive shows you which name had the same popularity in the past year and every decade since 1890 as yours did the year you were born, using [recently released baby name data](https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/ "undefined") for 2019. _Do next:_ [_Find Out If Your Name Was Ahead of Its Time_](http://time.com/4320211/baby-name-popular/ "undefined") _Do next:_ [_Find out which state best matches your personality_](http://time.com/7612/americas-mood-map-an-interactive-guide-to-the-united-states-of-attitude/ "undefined") **Methodology** Name trends are provided by the [Social Security Administration](http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html "undefined"). Whenever names were tied for popularity in a given year or decade, they were assigned the same rank. This tool only searches for names of the same gender as what you entered at the top. Many names have drifted from being associated with boys to being associated with girls over the years, so it can appear as though female names are showing up in the male results. ### See the Funniest and Weirdest Baby Photos  Shot for TIME, 2015 Evan Kafka for TIME  Shot for TIME, 2015 Photo-illustration by Evan Kafka for TIME  Shot for TIME, 2015 Photo-illustration by Evan Kafka for TIME  Shot for TIME, 2015 Photo-illustration by Evan Kafka for TIME  Personal work, 2009 Evan Kafka—Getty Images  Shot for Huggies, 2011 Evan Kafka  Personal work, 2009 Evan Kafka  Personal work, 2009 Evan Kafka—Getty Images  Personal work, 2009 Photo-illustration by Evan Kafka—Getty Images  Personal work, 2011 Evan Kafka—Getty Images  Personal work, 2009 Evan Kafka—Getty Images  Personal work, 2009 Evan Kafka—Getty Images  ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3856405/baby-name-popularity/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3856405/baby-name-popularity/"},"headline":"Find Out What Your Name Would Be if You Were Born Today","datePublished":"2015-05-13T15:24:28.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-17T16:50:08.000Z","description":"See the popularity of every name dating back to 1890","url":"https://time.com/3856405/baby-name-popularity/","keywords":["Data topic","baby names","interactive","Culture","apester"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Wilson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3856405/baby-name-popularity/","name":"Find Out What Your Name Would Be if You Were Born Today"}}]}] ```