Girl comes from the English tradition, meaning Female child.
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How popular is Girl?
2021peak year
Girl first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1985. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2021, 35 babies received the name (ranked #4126). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #5954), with roughly 23 babies named Girl each year. Girl's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 596 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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