Is Decker a boy or girl name?

Decker is a boy’s name. Of the 2,968 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 4.2% were girls and 95.8% were boys.

Decker

Recorded 1990–2025 · United States

Decker was most popular in 2022, when 240 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,978 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,056, with 124 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,968 people named Decker.

Decker over time

Births per year. The dot marks Decker’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Decker a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Decker is a boy’s name — 4.2% of the 2,968 Americans given it were girls and 95.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 6% girls and 94% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Decker

Where Decker is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org