Sparkle
Sparkle was the 16964th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 1103rd with 124 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,636 places. More babies were named Sparkle in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #16,964 girls, down 3,650 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 5girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1979124 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,641babies recorded
Sparkle popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #16,964 | 5 |
| 2020 | #13,314 | 7 |
| 2010 | #16,722 | 6 |
| 2000 | #5,134 | 23 |
| 1990 | #2,565 | 47 |
| 1980 | #1,204 | 110 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Sparkle, counting every spelling?
Sparkle has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Sparkle?
5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sparkle (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sparkle 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 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sparkle.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sparkle?
About 1,600 people born in the US named Sparkle are alive today, with a median age of 40; half are between 31 and 46. That makes Sparkle mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Sparkle: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sparkle, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Sparkle
How popular is the name Sparkle?
Sparkle was the 16964th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 1103rd with 124 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,636 places. More babies were named Sparkle in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Sparkle a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Sparkle in the US.