Lieutenant

Boy · recorded 1912–1965

  • 1965last recorded
  • 1912best year

Most popular in 1912.

Last recorded in 1965. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Lieutenant.

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

071419121925193919521965

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 27 recorded years as a table
Lieutenant, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191214
191713
19186
191912
19208
19227
19238
19256
19279
19286
193210
19335
19356
19376
19407
19414
19425
19437
19454
19464
19494
19504
19533
19543
19552
19643
19654

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lieutenant isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1965
7
Rank in 1965
#3,244
How rare
1 in 265,734 boys
Since 1912
199

Lieutenant was last recorded in 1965. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1912, at 14 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lieutenant doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.