Speed

Boy · recorded 1890–1921

  • 1921last recorded
  • 1890best year

Most popular in 1890.

Last recorded in 1921. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1890

0234518901898190619131921

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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 3 recorded years as a table
Speed, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189045
19185
19218

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Speed 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 1921
9
Rank in 1921
#2,986
How rare
1 in 122,383 boys
Since 1890
19

Speed was last recorded in 1921. 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 1890, at 45 per million boys born.

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

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