Spirit
Spirit was the 5215th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2003, when it ranked 2766th with 57 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 509 places. More babies were named Spirit in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,215 girls, up 434 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 25girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200357 babies
- Total since 1880
- 873babies recorded
Spirit popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 16 since 2010.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,215 | 25 |
| 2020 | #5,649 | 22 |
| 2010 | #3,951 | 39 |
| 2000 | #9,790 | 10 |
| 1990 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Spirit, counting every spelling?
Spirit has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Spirit?
25 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Spirit (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Spirit 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 Spirit.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Spirit?
About 800 people born in the US named Spirit are alive today, with a median age of 16; half are between 7 and 21. That makes Spirit 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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Spirit: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Spirit, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Spirit
How popular is the name Spirit?
Spirit was the 5215th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2003, when it ranked 2766th with 57 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 509 places. More babies were named Spirit in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Spirit a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Spirit in the US.