How rare is the name Girl?

17,156 people in the United States have the first name Girl, about 1 in 17,605. It ranks #1,760 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GIRL

#1,760

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,156
About
1 in 17,605
This common or more
76.9%
Who bears it

Of the 17,156 people named Girl, 48.4% reported their origin as White, 26.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 16.3% as Black. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Girl peaked in 2021, when 35 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19852025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
35
In 2025*
11 ▼69%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 610 babies have been given the name since 1985. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Girl by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #9,241. The largest share of babies named Girl, 45.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#21,85917
1990s#10,221143
2000s#13,806128
2010s#11,436180
2020s#9,241142
Millennials 1981–9618.2%
Generation Z 1997–1236.1%
2013 and later45.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Girl

#1,758 Wei · 17,173#1,759 Gunner · 17,163#1,761 Joseluis · 17,153#1,762 Kade · 17,141

Also a last name

As a last name, Girl ranks #8,756 of 156,621, with 3,595 people. See Girl as a last name

Compare