Envy — #6513 US girls' name
686 babies named Envy in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 63% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Envy was born in this single decade.
42 babies were named Envy in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Envy
The Social Security Administration has registered 686 babies named Envy between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Envy currently holds the #6513 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 42 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Envy performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 338 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Envy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Envy in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Envy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 686 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Envy at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Envy popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2012)
- 42
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #6513 among girls.
686 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 42 births in a single year.
Envy popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2008 (Envy as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Envy accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Envy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 338 births that decade — 49% of Envy's all-time total
Envy decade highlights
- Peak decade 338 births
- Runner-up 199 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Envy's strongest decade
338 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Envy by state
Where Envy concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 55 | 8.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.7% |
55 of 686 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.0% of nationwide
- Texas 1.5% of nationwide
- New York 0.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.