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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Female

Female was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 1112th with 157 babies. More babies were named Female in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1990157 babies
Total since 1880
1,297babies recorded

Female popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1989.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#4,89529
2000#6,02918
1990#1,112157
1980——
1970——
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Female, counting every spelling?

Female has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Female?

About 1,300 people born in the US named Female are alive today, with a median age of 33; half are between 27 and 36. That makes Female mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Female by state

How common Female was among girls born in each state in 1988–1992, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (12.6×), New Mexico (10.8×), Kansas (8.0×). In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.68 per 1,000 babiesNY0.68Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: 0.58 per 1,000 babiesNM0.58Kansas: 0.43 per 1,000 babiesKS0.43Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Female, girls, 1988–1992. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Female: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Female, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Female

How popular is the name Female?

Female was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 1112th with 157 babies. More babies were named Female in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Female a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,292 girls and 5 boys.

Where was Female most popular?

In 1988–1992, Female was most common in New York (0.68 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Mexico and Kansas.