Townsend
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TOWN-zend
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,239 for boys
Townsend is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “end of the town”. In 2025 it ranked 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Townsend mean?
English: English surname
“end of the town”
English surname for someone who lived at the edge of a village or town.
Is Townsend a girl's or a boy's name?
Townsend is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 36 boys in the US.
How popular is Townsend in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Townsend, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. It first appears in the records in 1914. 5 girls were also named Townsend in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Townsend of any year since it first appeared, in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Townsend in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Townsend in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,298 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
Nicknames for Townsend
- Town
Names like Townsend
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Truett, Legend, Shepherd, Theo, Archer, Hudson, Walker, Miller, Baker, Lawson, Lincoln, Ford
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Townsend: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/townsend, updated 20 October 2026.