Sparkle — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sparkle

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,636 babies named Sparkle between 1948 and 2023, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sparkle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 124 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sparkle performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 711 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sparkle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 135 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Sparkle in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sparkle 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 1,636 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.