NameTides

Egypt

Egypt was the #1,211 girls' name in the US in 2025 (187 babies).

Egypt as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Egypt as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Egypt as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,211 (187)——
2024#1,326 (173)——
2023#1,075 (230)——
2022#959 (280)#5,670 (3)—
2021#934 (284)#4,634 (4)—
2020#923 (280)#4,535 (4)—
2019#916 (289)——
2018#946 (281)——
2017#972 (270)——
2016#1,039 (254)——
2015#1,219 (203)——
2014#1,345 (174)——
2013#1,399 (164)——
2012#1,846 (109)——
2011#1,772 (115)——

Egypt as a boy’s name

  • US
Egypt as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Egypt as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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
YearUS
2025#3,036 (40)
2024#3,335 (35)
2023#2,290 (61)
2022#1,852 (86)
2021#2,253 (62)
2020#2,264 (60)
2019#2,020 (72)
2018#2,147 (65)
2017#2,130 (64)
2016#1,890 (78)
2015#3,684 (29)
2014#2,705 (44)
2013#3,060 (36)
2012#4,251 (23)
2011#6,256 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #923.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.
  • In 2025, 82% of US babies named Egypt were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,600 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 8,600uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 43,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Egypt is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,600 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Egypt by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: 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: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #709ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #662VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #534NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,532TXFlorida: #796FL
Egypt (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EgyptCanadaGirls—too few
EgyptEngland & WalesGirls—too few
EgyptUSGirls#1,211187
EgyptUSBoys#3,03640