Smiley

Boy · recorded 1900–1971

  • 1971last recorded
  • 1904best year

Most popular in 1904.

Last recorded in 1971. 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 Smiley.

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Its story

Popularity since 1900

0244719001918193619531971

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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 48 recorded years as a table
Smiley, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190033
190447
191312
191412
191514
19169
191710
191811
19198
19208
19215
19227
19235
19249
19256
192612
19278
19286
19309
19318
19329
19346
19356
19377
19385
19399
19417
19424
19436
19445
19454
19473
19484
19495
19504
19513
19523
19544
19554
19565
19573
19583
19593
19602
19623
19643
19653
19713

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Smiley 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 1971
5
Rank in 1971
#4,907
How rare
1 in 353,689 boys
Since 1900
357

Smiley was last recorded in 1971. 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 1904, at 47 per million boys born.

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

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