Exodus
Exodus was the 1997th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 76 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,115 places. More babies were named Exodus in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,997 boys, up 1,158 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 76boys
- Girls and boys
- 14% girls, 86% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202576 babies
- Total since 1880
- 732babies recorded
Exodus popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,610 | #1,997 | 14 | 76 |
| 2020 | — | #3,155 | — | 36 |
| 2010 | #9,997 | #7,229 | 11 | 11 |
| 2000 | — | #7,675 | — | 8 |
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How popular is Exodus, counting every spelling?
Exodus has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Exodus?
76 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Exodus (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Exodus born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 110 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Exodus.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Exodus?
About 600 people born in the US named Exodus are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 3 and 14. That makes Exodus a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Exodus by state
How common Exodus was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Exodus
How popular is the name Exodus?
Exodus was the 1997th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 76 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,115 places. More babies were named Exodus in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Exodus a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 14% girls, 86% boys given the name Exodus in the US.
Where is Exodus most popular?
In 2021–2025, Exodus was most common in Texas (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by North Carolina and California.