Worth comes from the English tradition, meaning Enclosure, homestead.
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How popular is Worth?
1918peak year
Today, Worth is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #7798), with only about 13 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1918, 67 babies were given the name (ranked #804 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1920s. Worth has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 2,191 babies have been registered as Worth since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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