Decker Boy
How popular is Decker?
#1,499 boy name in 2025
117 baby boys were named Decker in the US in 2025, making it the 1499th most popular boy name. Another 7 girls got the name (#11,928 for girls).
Decker popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,499 for boys (▼ 313 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 117 boys, 7 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-36% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,080 in 2015, #1,013 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (219 boys) |
| Highest rank | #984 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1990 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 94% boys, 6% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Decker counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Decker family of names ranked #1,253 for boys in 2025 (#1,010 the year before), with 126 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Decker | 117 | 93% |
| Dekker | 9 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Decker is most popular
Babies named Decker per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Decker by decade
Boy names about as popular as Decker
Questions
- Is Decker a boy or girl name?
- Decker is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 94% of babies named Decker were boys.
- How popular is the name Decker?
- 117 baby boys were named Decker in the US in 2025, making it the 1499th most popular boy name. Another 7 girls got the name (#11,928 for girls).
- When was Decker most popular?
- Decker peaked in 2022, when 219 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #984 in 2018.
- How many people are named Decker?
- 2,968 babies have been named Decker in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,948 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Decker most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Decker was most common in Montana, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.