Townsend is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6431 for boy births in the United States, given to 41 babies. Townsend first appears in the data in 1914 and reached its peak in 2025 (41 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #6,431 |
| 2024 | 27 | #8,528 |
| 2023 | 29 | #8,130 |
| 2022 | 27 | #8,537 |
| 2021 | 30 | #7,845 |
| 2020 | 15 | #12,274 |
| 2019 | 27 | #8,457 |
| 2018 | 20 | #10,324 |
| 2017 | 12 | #14,737 |
| 2016 | 19 | #10,907 |
| 2015 | 18 | #11,315 |
| 2014 | 17 | #11,749 |
| 2013 | 24 | #9,252 |
| 2012 | 15 | #12,990 |
| 2011 | 21 | #10,281 |
| 2010 | 17 | #12,034 |
| 2009 | 16 | #12,754 |
| 2008 | 12 | #15,570 |
| 2007 | 14 | #13,903 |
| 2006 | 13 | #14,275 |
| 2005 | 10 | #16,419 |
| 2004 | 8 | #18,560 |
| 2003 | 8 | #18,171 |
| 2002 | 5 | #24,443 |
| 2001 | 8 | #17,534 |
| 1999 | 11 | #13,291 |
| 1997 | 6 | #18,941 |
| 1996 | 6 | #18,516 |
| 1995 | 9 | #13,861 |
| 1994 | 7 | #16,408 |
| 1992 | 7 | #16,060 |
| 1991 | 8 | #14,406 |
| 1990 | 9 | #13,135 |
| 1989 | 5 | #18,710 |
| 1988 | 6 | #15,613 |
| 1987 | 5 | #16,945 |
| 1986 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 1985 | 8 | #11,443 |
| 1984 | 5 | #15,497 |
| 1981 | 6 | #13,607 |
| 1979 | 6 | #13,378 |
| 1978 | 6 | #12,714 |
| 1966 | 5 | #9,880 |
| 1965 | 7 | #7,992 |
| 1962 | 9 | #6,933 |
| 1960 | 7 | #7,964 |
| 1959 | 5 | #9,592 |
| 1958 | 6 | #8,426 |
| 1956 | 7 | #7,571 |
| 1954 | 12 | #5,363 |
| 1953 | 5 | #8,921 |
| 1952 | 10 | #5,770 |
| 1950 | 7 | #6,938 |
| 1949 | 5 | #8,488 |
| 1948 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1947 | 8 | #6,498 |
| 1946 | 8 | #6,028 |
| 1945 | 5 | #7,501 |
| 1944 | 8 | #5,706 |
| 1940 | 10 | #4,831 |
| 1939 | 6 | #6,552 |
| 1936 | 6 | #6,522 |
| 1935 | 6 | #6,670 |
| 1934 | 12 | #4,385 |
| 1933 | 6 | #6,669 |
| 1932 | 8 | #5,831 |
| 1931 | 7 | #6,249 |
| 1930 | 9 | #5,590 |
| 1928 | 8 | #6,187 |
| 1927 | 13 | #4,627 |
| 1926 | 7 | #6,894 |
| 1925 | 6 | #7,740 |
| 1924 | 7 | #7,161 |
| 1923 | 11 | #5,342 |
| 1922 | 10 | #5,752 |
| 1921 | 8 | #6,656 |
| 1919 | 7 | #6,950 |
| 1918 | 14 | #4,433 |
| 1917 | 9 | #5,654 |
| 1916 | 10 | #5,235 |
| 1915 | 5 | #7,813 |
| 1914 | 6 | #6,192 |