December
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- dih-SEM-ber
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
December is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “tenth month”. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does December mean?
English: month name, from Latin decem 'ten'
“tenth month”
Month name from Latin decem, ten, as it was the tenth month of the early Roman calendar.
Is December a girl's or a boy's name?
December is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is December in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named December, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named December than any year since 1990.
Half of all the girls named December in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
December in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,933 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 34 | #4,143 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,463 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,560 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,871 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,927 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,800 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,778 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,724 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
Names like December
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Piper Winter Ember Destiny Parker Harper Madison Carter Juniper Hunter Chandler Amber
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “December: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/december, updated 20 October 2026.