Names / Boy names
Smokey
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#3,576
in 1977
First recorded
1918
in U.S. data
Children named
131
since 1918
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #3,576 in 1977 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Is the more common pet spelling, but. The name first shows up in U.S. records in 1918. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Roughly 131 people have been given the name to date — a true rarity.