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Social Security Administration API: List top baby names

Lists the ranked top baby names and birth counts for a U.S. birth year, nationwide or for one state.

ssa.gov (opens in a new tab)Version 1ReadNo sign-inVerified Nov 2, 2026

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.

Year optionalyear

Birth year, such as 2024. Defaults to the latest available year.

2024

Whole number.

State optionalstate

U.S. state name or two-letter code, such as California or CA. Leave blank for the whole United States.

California

Max Results optionalmax_results

Maximum ranks to return, such as 20. Up to 100 for a state, or 1000 nationwide.

20

Whole number from 1 to 1000. Default 20.

Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "area": "California",  "year": 2024,  "names": [    {      "rank": 1,      "boy_name": "Liam",      "girl_name": "Mia",      "page_link": "https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/state/",      "number_of_boys": 2727,      "number_of_girls": 1991    },    {      "rank": 2,      "boy_name": "Noah",      "girl_name": "Olivia",      "page_link": "https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/state/",      "number_of_boys": 2685,      "number_of_girls": 1938    },    {      "rank": 3,      "boy_name": "Mateo",      "girl_name": "Camila",      "page_link": "https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/state/",      "number_of_boys": 2369,      "number_of_girls": 1887    }  ]}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
ssa.gov/list_top_baby_names
Returns
rank, boy and girl names with birth counts, area, year, SSA page link

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method ssa.gov/list_top_baby_names with the inputs above.

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