Envy
Envy was the 5136th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 3735th with 42 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 888 places. More babies were named Envy in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,136 girls, down 752 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 25girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201242 babies
- Total since 1880
- 718babies recorded
Envy popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 2008.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,136 | 25 |
| 2020 | #4,384 | 31 |
| 2010 | #3,842 | 40 |
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How popular is Envy, counting every spelling?
Envy is the most common spelling of a name family that had 32 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 32 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Envy | 25 | #5,136 | 136 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Envy?
25 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Envy (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Envy born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 337 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Envy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Envy?
About 700 people born in the US named Envy are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 7 and 17. That makes Envy mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Envy by state
How common Envy was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Envy: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Envy, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Envy
How popular is the name Envy?
Envy was the 5136th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 3735th with 42 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 888 places. More babies were named Envy in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Envy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Envy in the US.
Where is Envy most popular?
In 2021–2025, Envy was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls).