English
- Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513
- Last seen for boys in 1992 at #8,435
- Given to girls 58.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 22 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 265since 1961
English 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | — | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 | — | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | — | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | #2,764 | 9 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1961
The first year at least five girls were named English! It came in at #6,567, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1961–1970, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where English is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named English in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about English
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 1983 at #3,555 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 75,937
- Highest: 1 in 75,937 girls born in 1983 were named English (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,271 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 43.8% of all girls named English (116) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1961
- Mostly boys until 1960, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 | #6,567 (1961) | #7,019 |
| 1970s | 40 | #6,006 (1971) | #7,499 |
| 1980s | 116 | #3,555 (1983) | #5,501 |
| 1990s | 89 | #6,008 (1992) | #9,579 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,784 (2003) | #15,784 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,513 (2014) | #16,513 |
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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