Egypt
- #1,211 for girls in 2025, 187 births
- #3,036 for boys in 2025, 40 births
- Given to girls 85.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2019 · 289 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,726since 1975
Egypt over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,211 | 187 | #3,036 | 40 |
| 2024 | #1,326 | 173 | #3,335 | 35 |
| 2023 | #1,075 | 230 | #2,290 | 61 |
| 2022 | #959 | 280 | #1,852 | 86 |
| 2021 | #934 | 284 | #2,253 | 62 |
| 2020 | #923 | 280 | #2,264 | 60 |
| 2019 | #916 | 289 | #2,020 | 72 |
| 2018 | #946 | 281 | #2,147 | 65 |
| 2017 | #972 | 270 | #2,130 | 64 |
| 2016 | #1,039 | 254 | #1,890 | 78 |
| 2015 | #1,219 | 203 | #3,684 | 29 |
| 2014 | #1,345 | 174 | #2,705 | 44 |
| 2013 | #1,399 | 164 | #3,060 | 36 |
| 2012 | #1,846 | 109 | #4,251 | 23 |
| 2011 | #1,772 | 115 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | #1,992 | 100 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #1,876 | 112 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,808 | 120 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,101 | 96 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #2,149 | 90 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #1,378 | 156 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #2,679 | 61 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,556 | 63 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,582 | 60 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #2,064 | 81 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #1,801 | 96 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #2,307 | 64 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,848 | 42 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,585 | 30 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,369 | 32 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,022 | 37 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,402 | 30 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | — | |
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| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
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| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1975
The first year at least five girls were named Egypt! It came in at #9,067, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1978, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Egypt is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- North Carolina#534 · 1 in 2,324
- Louisiana#597 · 1 in 2,339
- Virginia#662 · 1 in 3,067
- Illinois#709 · 1 in 3,410
- Georgia#710 · 1 in 3,229
Best ever in a state: #76 in District of Columbia, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #534 | 20 | 1 in 2,324 |
| Louisiana | #597 | 7 | 1 in 2,339 |
| Virginia | #662 | 11 | 1 in 3,067 |
| Illinois | #709 | 13 | 1 in 3,410 |
| Georgia | #710 | 14 | 1 in 3,229 |
| South Carolina | #773 | 5 | 1 in 3,658 |
| Florida | #796 | 20 | 1 in 4,338 |
| Maryland | #840 | 5 | 1 in 3,997 |
| Ohio | #959 | 9 | 1 in 5,252 |
| Michigan | #965 | 7 | 1 in 5,104 |
| Tennessee | #983 | 6 | 1 in 5,346 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,015 | 8 | 1 in 5,836 |
| New York | #1,165 | 12 | 1 in 6,527 |
| Texas | #1,532 | 15 | 1 in 10,703 |
| California | #2,276 | 8 | 1 in 20,216 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 115 spots since 2024 (#1,326 → #1,211)
- 288 spots since 2020 (#923 → #1,211)
- 8 spots since 2015 (#1,219 → #1,211)
- Biggest jump: 67 spots in 2017
- Biggest drop: 116 spots in 2023
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 2019 at #916 (289 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 2017–2022
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,773
- Highest: 1 in 5,773 girls born in 2020 were named Egypt (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,595 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #916 in 2019, was only 1 in 5,807 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 41.5% of all girls named Egypt (1,959) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21 | #9,010 (1979) | #9,370 |
| 1980s | 52 | #3,402 (1989) | #3,709 |
| 1990s | 325 | #2,307 (1999) | #3,734 |
| 2000s | 935 | #1,378 (2005) | #2,099 |
| 2010s | 1,959 | #916 (2019) | #1,345 |
| 2020s | 1,434 | #923 (2020) | #1,071 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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