Circe
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Circe is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Circe mean?
Greek: Greek Kirke, a figure of myth
In Homer's Odyssey, the enchantress Circe turns Odysseus's men into pigs on her island of Aeaea.
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Is Circe a girl's or a boy's name?
Circe is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Circe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,757among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 90% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Circe, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Circe in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Circe in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
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