Unisex name · since 1985
Navy
5,913 babies named Navy in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,301 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #327 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,913
- born since 1985
- 2020s
- peak decade
5,913 babies have been named Navy since 1985, making it today's #327 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Navy recorded 5,913 times among girls since 1985, holding rank #327 nationally today, ahead of 98% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #2,301 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #327 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,913 born since 1985
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Navy ranks #2,301 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #327 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,913 born since 1985, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,301 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #327 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,913
- born since 1985
- 2020s
- peak decade
Navy's 5,913 recorded births place it above 96.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Utah.
How Navy compares
5,913 Top 13% higher than 87% 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
Navy's all-time total is 16x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Navy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,913 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 935 | 21 | 19,840 |
Navy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Navy's full recorded timeline at 2009, 97% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 3% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 935 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Navy popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 935
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Navy popularity over time - boys
804 total births recorded since 2000 (Navy as boys' name)
Navy by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (4,500 births, 76% of the file).
2020s was Navy's strongest decade.
4,500 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Navy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s 49
1990s
49 births
- 2000s 117
2000s
117 births
- 2010s 1,234
2010s
1,234 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,500 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 4,500 births (76% of all-time use).
How Navy 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 Navy's total volume
Navy by state
Where Navy concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 655 | 11.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 385 | 6.5% |
| #3 | California | | 380 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 263 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 214 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 198 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 189 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Florida | | 182 | 3.1% |
655 of 5,913 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Navy appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Navy's data
- Utah records the most Navys (655 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Utah names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Navy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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 Navy 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.