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Egypt

#1,213 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Possibly the house of the soul of Ptah

Egypt has been given to 5,546 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #1,213 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 289 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% girls, 15% boys all-time.

Babies named Egypt, 2025

1 in 17,700

Egypt over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Egypt over time

In 2025, Egypt went to 82% girls and 18% boys.

19752025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Egypt: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly the house of the soul of Ptah

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Egypt means

Egypt may mean “the house of the soul of Ptah”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,726 girls were recorded with the name Egypt between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 289 in 2019; its best national rank was #917 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #923 in 2020 to #1,213 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,219 in 2015 to #1,213 in 2025.

In the United States, 820 boys were recorded with the name Egypt between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 86 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,856 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,273 in 2020 to #3,049 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,718 in 2015 to #3,049 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Egypt?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 17,700
187 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 8,590
0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,213
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
12,289 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Egypt sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5003%

Put another way: gather 12,289 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Egypt. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Egypts were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Egypt was born before 2016 — so the typical Egypt is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
41.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
89.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,726
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 41.5% of all recorded uses (1,959).

Is Egypt rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+116
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−290
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+6
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
0.92×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
64.7%
Peak was 2019 (289)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#917
2019

Where Egypt is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Egypt was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 1,220 girls, against 1 in 5,274 across all states with data. It was least common in Massachusetts (1 in 50,000).

282 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1District of Columbia1 in 1,220
  2. 2Delaware1 in 1,587
  3. 3Georgia1 in 2,174
  4. 4South Carolina1 in 2,326
  5. 5Maryland1 in 2,381
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 2,941
  7. 7Michigan1 in 3,448
  8. 8New York1 in 3,571

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Egypt is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 87% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Egypt is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Egypt was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 41,481 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 20,000
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 25,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 33,333
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in 33,333
  5. 5Texas1 in 33,333
  6. 6Virginia1 in 33,333
  7. 7Alabama1 in 50,000
  8. 8California1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Egypt around the world

Where Egypt ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2008–2022
    #5,670
    in 2022
  • Canada
    2005–2007
    #2,743
    in 2007
  • South Australia
    2001–2001
    #711
    in 2001

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Egypt by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,213
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 290
Best rank ever
#917
2019
Peak year
2019
289 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,726
Count in 2025
187

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,049
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 776
Best rank ever
#1,856
2022
Peak year
2022
86 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
820
Count in 2025
40

Names with a curve like Egypt

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Egypt, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

BlessingAustynMeeraRaylynnJubileeAmayahSailorArayaScoutHarmoniNaylaAmilia

Sibling names for Egypt

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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