Major

What Major means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Major yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note 407 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Major?

US: Falling: down from #361 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2017, when 1,042 boys got the name (#329 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 4,197 baby boys in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (1.48 per 1,000 boys), AL (0.84 per 1,000 boys), SC (0.8 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Major is #669 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Major were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Majour13 US
• Maejor5 US
• Maijor5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Major

Boys

• Abel#231Editor’s note Down from #124 in 2015 to #231 in 2025 in the US
• Emmett#121Diminutive of Emma, meaning “entire”^*
• Jameson#137Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #137 vs #1,093 in 2025
• Everett#77Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”^*
• Elliot#151Variant of Elliott, meaning “my God is Yahweh”^*
• Levi#12Editor’s note Up from #42 in 2015 to #12 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 180 US boys in the 2025 records

For a sister

• Alice#65“noble + character”^*
• Paisley#67“pasture”^*
• Aria#26“a musical aria”^*
• Vera#205“faith”^*
• Charlotte#2Form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Blakely#191Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #191 vs #1,407 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Major’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.