North
North is given to both girls and boys: 10 girls and 5 boys were given it in 2025 (#9,919 among girls’ names and #13,346 among boys’, #12,751 among all names counting both); 407 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of North by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is North?
#13,346 among boys’ names, 2025
North fell from #7,880 in 2015 to #13,346 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 5.2 to 2.9 per million.
22 babies in 2023, the peak
North peaked in 2023, when 22 babies were given it (13 boys, #6,789 among boys’ names). The 15 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 68% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,919 | 5 | #13,346 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,875 | 8 | #9,612 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,933 | 13 | #6,789 |
| 2022 | 10 | #10,205 | 11 | #7,596 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,900 | 8 | #9,441 |
| 2020 | 6 | #14,655 | 6 | #11,590 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,969 | 7 | #10,496 |
| 2018 | 5 | #17,483 | 9 | #8,627 |
| 2017 | under 5 | 17 | #5,448 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 12 | #7,019 |
Every recorded year (34)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | #15,903 | 10 | #7,880 |
| 2014 | under 5 | 13 | #6,526 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 21 | #4,568 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 13 | #6,553 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 20 | #4,779 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 19 | #4,979 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 11 | #7,558 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 12 | #7,070 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 10 | #8,001 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 11 | #7,283 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 7 | #9,654 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 8 | #8,395 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 5 | #11,945 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 11 | #6,193 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 7 | #8,457 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 6 | #9,297 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 13 | #4,871 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 7 | #7,717 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 7 | #3,496 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 5 | #4,623 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 5 | #4,788 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 5 | #4,772 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 5 | #4,617 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 6 | #905 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is North a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 407 Americans recorded as North, 18% are girls and 82% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named North: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named North, and how old are they?
An estimated 370 Americans named North and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 6 and 18. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 457 people named North (68 women and girls, 389 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 274 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
More about North and names like it
- The most given names of the 2020sNorth peaked in 2023.
- The top names of 2023The year the most babies were named North.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named North alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with NMost given first.