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Female

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Female is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1990157 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1981
1,292people given the name
Babies named Female, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,292 girls have been named Female in the United States since 1981, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 157 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 157 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1990s alone account for 63%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Female
1980s173
1990s811
2000s80
2010s228

In 1990, its biggest year

Female was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1990 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1990.

Names that rose and fell with Female

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.