Posey

Boy · recorded 1888–1956

  • 1956last recorded
  • 1896best year

Most popular in 1896.

Last recorded in 1956. 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 Posey.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1888

0305918881905192219391956

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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 41 recorded years as a table
Posey, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188841
188954
189249
189659
189947
191036
191221
191418
191514
191619
191711
191817
191917
192016
192115
192210
192311
192414
19256
19266
192710
192810
19297
19309
193111
19325
193310
19348
19358
19378
19386
19399
194111
19424
19459
19474
19493
19504
19514
19533
19564

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Posey 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1956
8
Rank in 1956
#2,969
How rare
1 in 264,412 boys
Since 1888
396

Posey was last recorded in 1956. 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 1896, at 59 per million boys born.

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

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