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Navy

Unisex

Meaning of Navy: American: 'dark blue color'

Navy is a unisex name most strongly associated with American naming. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, and it is one of today's most-chosen names — 298th most popular name in the United States in 2025 and 539th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#298

1,045 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#539

72 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

6,717

First recorded 1985 · peak 2025

Trend

rising

Style: popular

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 8 babies1986: 5 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 11 babies1992: 9 babies1993: 0 babies1994: 5 babies1995: 0 babies1996: 0 babies1997: 8 babies1998: 6 babies1999: 10 babies2000: 15 babies20002001: 25 babies2002: 8 babies2003: 13 babies2004: 16 babies2005: 17 babies2006: 12 babies2007: 16 babies2008: 11 babies2009: 24 babies2010: 26 babies20102011: 33 babies2012: 52 babies2013: 93 babies2014: 116 babies2015: 153 babies2016: 185 babies2017: 206 babies2018: 208 babies2019: 393 babies2020: 504 babies20202021: 763 babies2022: 736 babies2023: 954 babies2024: 1,031 babies2025: 1,045 babies
US babies named Navy per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 1,045.

Gender split

12% boys · 88% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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