NameTides

Dream

Dream was the #432 girls' name in the US in 2025 (718 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales and #1,974 in Canada.

Dream as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dream as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Dream as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#432 (718)#2,138 (13)—#1,974 (11)
2024#367 (850)#1,672 (18)—#1,617 (14)
2023#337 (925)#2,928 (8)—#2,027 (10)
2022#335 (959)#1,621 (18)—#1,727 (12)
2021#352 (886)#2,711 (9)#883 (3)#1,778 (12)
2020#404 (772)#2,449 (10)—#2,343 (8)
2019#526 (586)#2,286 (11)—#2,872 (6)
2018#620 (484)#2,499 (10)—#2,892 (6)
2017#825 (330)——#2,374 (8)
2016#1,667 (128)———
2015#2,012 (98)———
2014#2,096 (92)———
2013#2,108 (90)———
2012#2,095 (91)———
2011#2,511 (72)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #335.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.
  • In 2025, 92% of US babies named Dream were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Dream is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,800 to 1 in 2,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dream by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #268ILMichigan: #219MINew York: #442NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #292NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #377INOhio: #276OHPennsylvania: #466PANew Jersey: #447NJConnecticut: #350CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #548CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #386MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #359VAMaryland: #234MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #208ARTennessee: #432TNNorth Carolina: #360NCSouth Carolina: #265SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #152LAMississippi: #218MSAlabama: #166ALGeorgia: #190GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #649TXFlorida: #321FL
Dream (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2848

Dream (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DreamCanadaGirls#1,97411
DreamEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
DreamEngland & WalesBoys—too few
DreamIrelandGirls—too few
DreamNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DreamUSGirls#432718
DreamUSBoys#2,25862