England

Popularity Trends

The name England is the #7,426 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 313 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 4.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,463 (4.4% percentile) for all time with 253 births since 1987. For boys, it ranks #4,526 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 60 births since 1983.

England first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (1983 for boys and 1987 for girls). Birth data for England is available in 25 out of the 41 years between 1983 and 2023 (24 years for girls and 9 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name England has been given predominantly to girls, with 80.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 65.0% of babies named England were girls. Interestingly, until around 1987, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1983 to 1986), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (82.1% girls from 1987 to 2023).

For girls, England reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #943) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, England ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 74.0% of its peak share of births.

For boys, England reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #925) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, England ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 71.6% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "England".

1983 2023 19832023

Key Statistics

Total Births

253

Peak Births

Peak Year

2016

First Recorded

1987

Peak Percentile

1.5%

Current Percentile

0.8%

Peak Rank

#943

Current Rank

#939

Female statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

2021

First Recorded

1983

Peak Percentile

0.5%

Current Percentile

0.2%

Peak Rank

#925

Current Rank

#909

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "England", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of England.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name England's popularity from 1980 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name England at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to England range from Maeleigh at 95.0% correlation to Caius at 94.4% correlation, with an average correlation level of 94.7%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Beckett with 25.6K births (95% boys) and the least popular is Suvi with 168 births (100% girls).

England's share of births peaked at 14.3 births per million in 2022 (10 for girls in 2016 and 5.3 for boys in 2021). It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (18% of peak) in 1993. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name England had 11.3 births per million, 79% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Maeleigh

781

94.98% (very strong)

Cai

1,761

94.94% (very strong)

Alistair

3,563

94.90% (very strong)

Jubilee

3,344

94.89% (very strong)

Ender

1,671

94.81% (very strong)

Raelynne

748

94.53% (very strong)

Riker

1,138

94.52% (very strong)

Beckett

25.6k

94.49% (very strong)

Callen

8,839

94.46% (very strong)

Keisy

718

94.45% (very strong)

Suvi

168

94.44% (very strong)

Caius

1,867

94.40% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce England

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name England. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 58.5% confident that England is pronounced as IHNGG-luhnd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is IHNG-gluhnd, at 14.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.

58.5%

14.6%

14.6%

12.2%

IHNGG-luhnd (2 syllables)

58.5% confidence

IH1 N G G L AH0 N D

IHNG-gluhnd (2 syllables)

Verified

14.6% confidence

IH1 NG G L AH0 N D

IHNGL-uhnd (2 syllables)

14.6% confidence

IH1 N G L AH0 N D

EHNGG-luhnd (2 syllables)

12.2% confidence

EH1 N G G L AH0 N D

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name England? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with England. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for England, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like IH1 N G G L AH0 N D) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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