Names / Boy names
Ghost
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#12,703
in 2020
First recorded
2020
in U.S. data
Children named
10
since 2020
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #12,703 in 2020 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Ghost first appears in American naming records in 2020, where it reads as a boys' name. It currently sits off the most-common lists, a quieter choice. Only about 10 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.