Sparrow
Sparrow was the 4157th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 35 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 2180th with 88 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,071 places. More babies were named Sparrow in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,157 girls, down 1,200 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 35girls
- Girls and boys
- 77% girls, 23% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201788 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,193babies recorded
Sparrow popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #4,157 | #6,403 | 35 | 14 |
| 2020 | #2,957 | #5,941 | 55 | 15 |
| 2010 | #4,592 | #13,978 | 32 | 5 |
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How popular is Sparrow, counting every spelling?
Sparrow has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Sparrow?
35 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sparrow (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sparrow 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 240 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sparrow.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sparrow?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Sparrow are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 13. That makes Sparrow a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Sparrow by state
How common Sparrow was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 45 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Sparrow
How popular is the name Sparrow?
Sparrow was the 4157th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 35 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 2180th with 88 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,071 places. More babies were named Sparrow in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Sparrow a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 77% girls, 23% boys given the name Sparrow in the US.
Where is Sparrow most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sparrow was most common in Missouri (0.04 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Michigan.