Poet comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Writer or creator of poetry..
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How popular is Poet?
2021peak year
The name Poet reached its peak in 2021, with 21 registrations (ranked #5892). It had only entered records 16 years earlier, in 2005. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #9378) today, averaging about 22 new babies per year. Poet has been trending upward in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 325 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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