Skeeter
The Story of Skeeter
As a girl name
Skeeter first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1971, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1975: 7 births, good for #7,174 nationwide. Skeeter last appeared in the published SSA data in 1975, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 13 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Skeeter first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1950, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1978: 11 births, good for #3,400 nationwide. About 45% of every Skeeter on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Skeeter last appeared in the published SSA data in 1993, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 126 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Skeeter
Skeeter is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1950 and has accumulated 126 births in the dataset. Skeeter's peak popularity came in 1978 when it ranked #3,400. Use the chart and map above to compare Skeeter's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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