Unisex name · since 1974
Earth
46 babies named Earth in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,912 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,173 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 46
- born since 1974
- 2020s
- peak decade
Earth currently ranks #11173 among unisex names in America, with 46 babies recorded since 1974.
Earth has 46 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11173 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #35,912 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,173 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 46 born since 1974
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Earth ranks #35,912 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,173 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 46 born since 1974, peaking in the 2020s.
- #35,912 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,173 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 46
- born since 1974
- 2020s
- peak decade
Earth's 46 recorded births place it above 50.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Earth compares
46 15th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Earth's all-time total is 88% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Earth | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 46 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Earth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Earth splits its recorded history at 2020: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2022 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Earth popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Earth popularity over time - boys
12 total births recorded since 2020 (Earth as boys' name)
Earth by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 59% of the file).
2020s was Earth's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Earth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
13 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (59% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Earth: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~51 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Earth draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.