Meaning and history
This name comes from the English surname Smith, meaning “metal worker” or “blacksmith,” and is derived from Old English smitan, “to smite” or “to hit.” It is the most common surname in most of the English-speaking world.
20062006: 41 births, rank #2,784
2007: 57 births, rank #2,281
2008: 59 births, rank #2,237
2009: 47 births, rank #2,623
2010: 78 births, rank #1,850
20112011: 76 births, rank #1,849
2012: 89 births, rank #1,697
2013: 122 births, rank #1,376
2014: 139 births, rank #1,276
2015: 156 births, rank #1,185
20162016: 162 births, rank #1,175
2017: 154 births, rank #1,202
2018: 134 births, rank #1,343
2019: 149 births, rank #1,258
2020: 123 births, rank #1,408
20212021: 142 births, rank #1,317
2022: 112 births, rank #1,574
2023: 113 births, rank #1,547
2024: 109 births, rank #1,583
20252025: 120 births, rank #1,477
Smith moved from #952 to #971 for boys between 1935 and 1939. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 76 births.