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Townsend

#3,304 in 2025Boys' name

Hamlet, village + end

Townsend has been given to 882 babies in the U.S. since 1914. In 2025 it ranked #3,304 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 36 recorded.

Babies named Townsend, 2025

1 in 92,100

Townsend over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Townsend: meaning, origin, and history

Hamlet, village + end

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Townsend means

Townsend means “hamlet, village + end”, associated with toun and ende.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From town + -s- + end. From Middle English toun (“hamlet, village”) + ende (“end”), referring to a dweller at the outskirts of a village.

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Origin, language, and formation

Townsend is used in English.

Townsend comes through Middle English toun.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Townsend is pronounced /ˈtaʊn.zənd/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 871 boys were recorded with the name Townsend between 1914 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 36 in 2025; its best national rank was #2,252 in 1918.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,950 in 2020 to #3,304 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,265 in 2015 to #3,304 in 2025.

In the United States, 11 girls were recorded with the name Townsend between 2023 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2023; its best national rank was #15,026 in 2023.

How common is Townsend?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 92,100
36 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 47,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,304
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
63,832 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Townsend sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 63,832 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Townsend. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Townsends were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Townsend was born before 2001 — so the typical Townsend is around 24 today.

Median birth year
2001
About 24 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
21.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
50.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
641
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 21.8% of all recorded uses (190).

Is Townsend rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+757
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,646
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,961
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (36)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,252
1918

Where Townsend is used

Across 1910–2025, Townsend was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 685,432 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Carolina1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Townsend has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Townsend by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,304
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,646
Best rank ever
#2,252
1918
Peak year
2025
36 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
871
Count in 2025
36

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#17,064
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#15,026
2023
Peak year
2023
6 that year
First recorded
2023
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
11
Count in 2025
5

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