England
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- ING-glund
- Origin
- Old English
England is a name of Old English origin, meaning “land of the Angles”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does England mean?
Old English: from Old English Englaland
“land of the Angles”
The country is named after the Angles, a Germanic people who settled there after Roman rule ended.
Is England a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, England has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is England in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named England in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
England in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
More Old English names
Alfie Edward Teddy Waylon Alfred Audrey Edith Wilfred Ozzy Edie Eddie Edwin Ted Teddie Eduardo Edgar
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, “England: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/england, updated 20 October 2026.