Governor is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Governor is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2011. Governor was first reported in SSA data in 1889 and peaked in 1923 (17 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #4,153 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #4,276 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #2,849 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | #3,239 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #3,506 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #3,504 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #3,886 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #2,685 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #3,880 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | #3,502 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #3,129 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | #2,963 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | #2,628 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | #2,796 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | #2,256 |
| 1937 | 8 | — | #2,766 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #3,753 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | #3,082 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | #3,859 |
| 1932 | 7 | — | #3,206 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | #2,736 |
| 1930 | 12 | — | #2,355 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #4,212 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | #2,734 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | #3,001 |
| 1925 | 15 | — | #2,124 |
| 1924 | 11 | — | #2,722 |
| 1923 | 17 | — | #1,976 |
| 1922 | 11 | — | #2,688 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | #2,700 |
| 1920 | 13 | — | #2,381 |
| 1919 | 10 | — | #2,758 |
| 1918 | 9 | — | #2,967 |
| 1917 | 9 | — | #2,828 |
| 1916 | 9 | — | #2,802 |
| 1915 | 8 | — | #2,927 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,462 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | #1,799 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #1,485 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | #1,224 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | #1,140 |
| 1889 | 7 | — | #836 |