NameTides

Navy

Navy was the #327 girls' name in the US in 2025 (935 babies), and #444 in England & Wales and #393 in Canada.

Navy as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Navy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandEngland & Wales
Navy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#327 (935)#444 (90)#359 (9)#393 (79)
2024#338 (934)#539 (72)#638 (4)#363 (83)
2023#362 (846)#496 (80)#482 (6)#406 (73)
2022#479 (660)#876 (40)—#428 (70)
2021#454 (688)#901 (39)—#338 (96)
2020#659 (437)#1,556 (19)—#532 (55)
2019#813 (336)#2,286 (11)—#592 (52)
2018#1,269 (182)#3,985 (5)—#983 (27)
2017#1,353 (171)#2,502 (10)—#1,454 (16)
2016#1,472 (156)#4,763 (4)—#1,280 (19)
2015#1,793 (116)——#1,584 (14)
2014#2,081 (93)——#2,617 (7)
2013#2,326 (79)———
2012#3,169 (52)———
2011#4,915 (28)———

Navy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Navy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Navy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. 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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,554 (110)#716 (49)#647 (4)#1,804 (11)
2024#1,709 (97)#664 (56)#535 (5)#1,246 (18)
2023#1,608 (108)#710 (48)—#1,283 (16)
2022#2,000 (76)#1,268 (21)—#1,759 (10)
2021#1,982 (75)#1,595 (15)—#2,812 (5)
2020#2,094 (67)#2,076 (10)—#2,431 (6)
2019#2,364 (57)———
2018#3,993 (26)———
2017#3,249 (35)———
2016#3,681 (29)———
2015#3,085 (37)———
2014#4,263 (23)———
2013#5,923 (14)———
2011#12,287 (5)———
2010#12,231 (5)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #327.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1985.
  • In 2025, 90% of US babies named Navy were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Navy is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Navy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #265WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #541WAIdaho: #142IDMontana: #144MTNorth Dakota: #117NDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #384ILMichigan: #235MINew York: #610NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: #396ORNevada: #328NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #188SDIowa: #122IAIndiana: #234INOhio: #235OHPennsylvania: #335PANew Jersey: #572NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #628CAUtah: #41UTColorado: #317CONebraska: #267NEMissouri: #289MOKentucky: #227KYWest Virginia: #124WVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: #400MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #306AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #222KSArkansas: #188ARTennessee: #165TNNorth Carolina: #297NCSouth Carolina: #373SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #296OKLouisiana: #254LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #297ALGeorgia: #364GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #461TXFlorida: #651FL
Navy (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#40032
Quebec2025#7745

Navy (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
NavyCanadaGirls#39379
NavyCanadaBoys#1,80411
NavyEngland & WalesGirls#44490
NavyEngland & WalesBoys#71649
NavyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NavyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NavyScotlandGirls#3599
NavyScotlandBoys#6474
NavyUSGirls#327935
NavyUSBoys#1,554110