Unisex name · since 1999
Gift
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 176 babies named Gift, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,116 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,182 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 176
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Gift is the #9182 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 176 recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Gift recorded 176 times among girls since 1999, holding rank #9182 nationally today, ahead of 47% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #21,116 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,182 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 176 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gift ranks #21,116 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,182 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 176 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,116 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,182 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 176
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gift's 176 recorded births place it above 70.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Gift compares
176 34th 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
Gift's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gift | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 176 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gift's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gift splits its recorded history at 2016: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gift popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Gift popularity over time - boys
38 total births recorded since 2016 (Gift as boys' name)
Gift by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (74 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Gift's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Gift births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
74 births
- 2020s
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 74 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Gift's data
- Gift's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (74 total births) through the 2020s (60) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gift: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Gift 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.