girls:
575 births since 1985
#5141 (10th percentile)
overall:
575 births since 1985
#7164 (7th percentile)
The name Girl is the #7,164 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 575 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 7.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,141 (10.0% percentile) for all time with 575 births since 1985.
Girl first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (first recorded for girls in 1985). Birth data for Girl is available in 36 out of the 39 years between 1985 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Girl reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #857) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Despite a peak around 2013, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Girl ranks #932 for girls (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 58.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Girl".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Girl. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Girl is pronounced as gerl, which has 1 syllables.
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