Girl
- #8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 34 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 610since 1985
Girl over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Girl has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 |
| 2022 | #4,472 | 31 |
| 2021 | #4,090 | 35 |
| 2020 | #5,168 | 24 |
| 2019 | #5,306 | 24 |
| 2018 | #4,889 | 27 |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
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| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 |
| 1999 | #3,569 | 34 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
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| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
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First appearance
1985
The first year at least five girls were named Girl! It came in at #9,307, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1986–1987, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Girl is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Girl in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Girl
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 2,218 spots since 2024 (#6,642 → #8,860)
- 3,692 spots since 2020 (#5,168 → #8,860)
- 1,247 spots since 2015 (#7,613 → #8,860)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1985
- Peaked 1999 at #3,569 (34 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 1 yr 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 46,882
- Highest: 1 in 46,882 girls born in 2021 were named Girl (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,569 in 1999, was only 1 in 52,171 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 29.5% of all girls named Girl (180) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 17 | #9,307 (1985) | #10,685 |
| 1990s | 143 | #3,569 (1999) | #8,612 |
| 2000s | 128 | #5,709 (2007) | #8,296 |
| 2010s | 180 | #4,889 (2018) | #7,207 |
| 2020s | 142 | #4,090 (2021) | #5,747 |
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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