Major is an established boys' name that peaked in 2017 and has grown less common since.
Major is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #670 for boy births in the United States (and #1,361 across all names), given to 407 babies. Major first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2017 (1,042 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 407 | 407 | — | #670 |
| 2024 | 496 | 496 | #16,784 | #582 |
| 2023 | 584 | 584 | #16,702 | #514 |
| 2022 | 705 | 705 | — | #441 |
| 2021 | 764 | 764 | #16,793 | #411 |
| 2020 | 921 | 921 | #11,738 | #349 |
| 2019 | 954 | 954 | #14,908 | #351 |
| 2018 | 955 | 955 | #9,569 | #350 |
| 2017 | 1,050 | 1,050 | #12,339 | #331 |
| 2016 | 990 | 990 | — | #348 |
| 2015 | 913 | 913 | — | #361 |
| 2014 | 941 | 941 | #14,023 | #350 |
| 2013 | 859 | 859 | #18,254 | #366 |
| 2012 | 556 | 556 | — | #486 |
| 2011 | 197 | 197 | — | #990 |
| 2010 | 238 | 238 | — | #881 |
| 2009 | 182 | 182 | — | #1,047 |
| 2008 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,701 |
| 2007 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,645 |
| 2006 | 83 | 83 | — | #1,707 |
| 2005 | 74 | 74 | — | #1,783 |
| 2004 | 75 | 75 | — | #1,710 |
| 2003 | 63 | 63 | — | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,581 |
| 2001 | 74 | 74 | — | #1,610 |
| 2000 | 55 | 55 | — | #1,911 |
| 1999 | 33 | 33 | — | #2,653 |
| 1998 | 36 | 36 | — | #2,428 |
| 1997 | 39 | — | — | #2,217 |
| 1996 | 36 | — | — | #2,284 |
| 1995 | 43 | — | — | #1,975 |
| 1994 | 46 | — | — | #1,860 |
| 1993 | 56 | — | — | #1,611 |
| 1992 | 48 | — | — | #1,769 |
| 1991 | 51 | — | — | #1,638 |
| 1990 | 62 | — | — | #1,428 |
| 1989 | 73 | — | — | #1,275 |
| 1988 | 60 | — | — | #1,333 |
| 1987 | 44 | — | — | #1,600 |
| 1986 | 51 | — | — | #1,397 |
| 1985 | 39 | — | — | #1,633 |
| 1984 | 53 | — | — | #1,275 |
| 1983 | 47 | — | — | #1,369 |
| 1982 | 51 | — | — | #1,314 |
| 1981 | 69 | — | — | #1,100 |
| 1980 | 65 | — | — | #1,129 |
| 1979 | 58 | — | — | #1,202 |
| 1978 | 54 | — | — | #1,222 |
| 1977 | 50 | — | — | #1,264 |
| 1976 | 46 | — | — | #1,310 |
| 1975 | 50 | — | — | #1,201 |
| 1974 | 59 | — | — | #1,078 |
| 1973 | 59 | — | — | #1,063 |
| 1972 | 57 | — | — | #1,079 |
| 1971 | 67 | — | — | #995 |
| 1970 | 72 | — | — | #948 |
| 1969 | 69 | — | — | #917 |
| 1968 | 55 | — | — | #1,001 |
| 1967 | 68 | — | — | #872 |
| 1966 | 57 | — | — | #963 |
| 1965 | 79 | — | — | #830 |
| 1964 | 83 | — | — | #834 |
| 1963 | 77 | — | — | #862 |
| 1962 | 67 | — | — | #928 |
| 1961 | 66 | — | — | #945 |
| 1960 | 71 | — | — | #902 |
| 1959 | 105 | — | — | #748 |
| 1958 | 97 | — | — | #752 |
| 1957 | 100 | — | — | #754 |
| 1956 | 98 | — | — | #744 |
| 1955 | 103 | — | — | #722 |
| 1954 | 111 | — | — | #686 |
| 1953 | 116 | — | — | #659 |
| 1952 | 116 | — | — | #646 |
| 1951 | 134 | — | — | #606 |
| 1950 | 134 | — | — | #587 |
| 1949 | 110 | — | — | #657 |
| 1948 | 120 | — | — | #619 |
| 1947 | 121 | — | — | #622 |
| 1946 | 108 | — | — | #619 |
| 1945 | 121 | — | — | #545 |
| 1944 | 129 | — | — | #536 |
| 1943 | 126 | — | — | #567 |
| 1942 | 122 | — | — | #557 |
| 1941 | 92 | — | — | #638 |
| 1940 | 127 | — | — | #515 |
| 1939 | 108 | — | #4,667 | #563 |
| 1938 | 98 | — | — | #599 |
| 1937 | 99 | — | #4,093 | #601 |
| 1936 | 103 | — | — | #568 |
| 1935 | 89 | — | — | #625 |
| 1934 | 95 | — | — | #609 |
| 1933 | 107 | — | — | #555 |
| 1932 | 125 | — | — | #520 |
| 1931 | 95 | — | — | #608 |
| 1930 | 143 | — | — | #500 |
| 1929 | 122 | — | — | #531 |
| 1928 | 150 | — | — | #494 |
| 1927 | 145 | — | — | #504 |
| 1926 | 147 | — | — | #498 |
| 1925 | 116 | — | — | #582 |
| 1924 | 150 | — | — | #513 |
| 1923 | 129 | — | #5,418 | #558 |
| 1922 | 151 | — | — | #504 |
| 1921 | 162 | — | — | #484 |
| 1920 | 169 | — | — | #469 |
| 1919 | 183 | — | — | #437 |
| 1918 | 153 | — | — | #482 |
| 1917 | 159 | — | — | #447 |
| 1916 | 130 | — | — | #500 |
| 1915 | 151 | — | — | #446 |
| 1914 | 109 | — | — | #463 |
| 1913 | 98 | — | — | #430 |
| 1912 | 68 | — | — | #476 |
| 1911 | 50 | — | — | #406 |
| 1910 | 46 | — | — | #388 |
| 1909 | 51 | — | — | #323 |
| 1908 | 38 | — | — | #379 |
| 1907 | 30 | — | — | #426 |
| 1906 | 39 | — | — | #333 |
| 1905 | 44 | — | — | #305 |
| 1904 | 31 | — | — | #365 |
| 1903 | 36 | — | — | #314 |
| 1902 | 46 | — | — | #278 |
| 1901 | 22 | — | — | #403 |
| 1900 | 51 | — | — | #291 |
| 1899 | 42 | — | — | #263 |
| 1898 | 42 | — | — | #283 |
| 1897 | 39 | — | — | #294 |
| 1896 | 42 | — | — | #285 |
| 1895 | 34 | — | — | #311 |
| 1894 | 37 | — | — | #290 |
| 1893 | 41 | — | — | #273 |
| 1892 | 41 | — | — | #287 |
| 1891 | 34 | — | — | #280 |
| 1890 | 27 | — | — | #340 |
| 1889 | 44 | — | — | #247 |
| 1888 | 37 | — | — | #293 |
| 1887 | 40 | — | — | #252 |
| 1886 | 31 | — | — | #310 |
| 1885 | 37 | — | — | #275 |
| 1884 | 36 | — | — | #292 |
| 1883 | 41 | — | — | #260 |
| 1882 | 44 | — | — | #260 |
| 1881 | 40 | — | — | #250 |
| 1880 | 28 | — | — | #324 |