NameTides

Gift

Gift was the #8,860 girls' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales.

Gift as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
Gift as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Gift as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIreland
2025#8,860 (11)#3,705 (6)——
2024#7,594 (14)#5,892 (3)——
2023#8,989 (11)#5,688 (3)——
2022#9,680 (10)#3,149 (7)——
2021#10,292 (9)#3,961 (5)——
2020#15,088 (5)#3,899 (5)——
2019#12,448 (7)#4,001 (5)——
2018#7,762 (14)#5,666 (3)——
2017#8,299 (13)#4,763 (4)——
2016#16,215 (5)#5,785 (3)——
2015#9,481 (11)———
2014—#4,684 (4)——
2012#12,199 (8)#3,681 (6)——
2011#11,181 (9)#5,785 (3)——
2010#13,448 (7)#4,012 (5)#666 (4)—

Gift as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
Gift as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020
Gift as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland. 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.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIreland
2024#12,349 (5)——
2022#12,330 (5)——
2020#10,605 (6)——
2019#7,173 (11)——
2018#10,760 (6)——
2016#12,185 (5)——
2014—#4,632 (3)—
2013—#4,685 (3)—
2010—#3,865 (4)—
2006—#4,052 (3)—
2003——#500 (3)
2002——#393 (4)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #7,594.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1999.
  • In 2024, 74% of US babies named Gift were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 140,000 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 140,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Gift is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 110,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 80,000 to 1 in 150,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.