Girls' name · since 1985
Girl
Girl has 610 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,440 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,057 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 610
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
Girl currently ranks #9057 among girls' names in America, with 610 babies recorded since 1985.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Girl has been recorded 610 times among girls since 1985, currently ranked #9057 nationally and more common than 48% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #10,440 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,057 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 610 born since 1985
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Girl ranks #10,440 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,057 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 610 born since 1985, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,440 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,057 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 610
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
Girl's 610 recorded births place it above 85.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Girl compares
610 Top 41% higher than 59% of 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
Girl's all-time total is 62% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Girl | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 610 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 35 | 21 | 19,840 |
Girl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Girl's full recorded timeline at 2007, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 35 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Girl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Girl by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (180 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Girl's strongest decade.
180 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Girl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
143 births
- 2000s
2000s
128 births
- 2010s
2010s
180 births
- 2020s
2020s
142 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 180 births (30% of all-time use).
How Girl compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Girl's total volume
Girl by state
Where Girl concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 61 | 10.0% |
| #2 | North Dakota | | 52 | 8.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 24 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 19 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 18 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 12 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Washington | | 12 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.8% |
61 of 610 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Girl appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Girl's data
- Girl's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (180 total births) through the 2020s (142) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Girls (61 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Girl
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Girl: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1985–2025 (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 Girl 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.