Excel
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- ek-SEL
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Excel is a name of English origin, meaning “to surpass, do very well”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Excel mean?
English: English word name, from Latin excellere
“to surpass, do very well”
An English word name from Latin excellere 'to surpass', in the tradition of virtue and aspiration names.
Is Excel a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Excel has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK.
How popular is Excel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 125% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Excel, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Excel of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Excel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
Names like Excel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mabel, Esme, Hazel, Rosa, Dua, Croia, Margot, Piper, Primrose, Aria, Lucia, Lola
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Excel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/excel, updated 20 October 2026.