Poseidon
Boy · Greek
Poseidon is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Poseidon mean?
Greek
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Poseidon a girl's or a boy's name?
Poseidon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Poseidon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Poseidon, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010.
Half of all the boys named Poseidon in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Poseidon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
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