Meaning and history
From an English surname originally derived from the given name Mauger, a Norman French form of the Germanic name Malger meaning “council spear,” Major can also be used as a given name in reference to the English word major.
20062006: 83 births, rank #1,698
2007: 94 births, rank #1,638
2008: 90 births, rank #1,692
2009: 182 births, rank #1,045
2010: 238 births, rank #878
20112011: 197 births, rank #990
2012: 556 births, rank #486
2013: 854 births, rank #366
2014: 934 births, rank #350
2015: 913 births, rank #361
20162016: 990 births, rank #348
2017: 1,042 births, rank #329
2018: 944 births, rank #349
2019: 948 births, rank #350
2020: 913 births, rank #349
20212021: 759 births, rank #411
2022: 705 births, rank #441
2023: 579 births, rank #514
2024: 491 births, rank #580
20252025: 407 births, rank #669
Major moved from #582 to #670 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2017, with 1,042 births.