Envy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EN-vee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Envy is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “envy, longing”. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Envy mean?
English: English word, from Latin invidia
“envy, longing”
From the English word, via Latin invidia; in Christian tradition envy is one of the seven deadly sins.
Is Envy a girl's or a boy's name?
Envy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Envy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,098th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Envy, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Envy in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Envy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,231 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 40 | #3,815 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,049 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
Names like Envy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Navy, Blakely, Briar, Teagan, Brynlee, Tru, Kenley, Kennedy, Reign, Londyn, Finley, Kinsley
Names related to Envy
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Envy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/envy, updated 20 October 2026.