Gypsy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JIP-see
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Gypsy is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “Egyptian”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Gypsy mean?
English: English word, a shortening of 'Egyptian'
“Egyptian”
It comes from a mistaken old belief that Romani people came from Egypt; many Romani people regard the word as a slur.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Gypsy a girl's or a boy's name?
Gypsy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gypsy in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Gypsy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gypsy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,545 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 23 | #1,112 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,420 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
How popular is Gypsy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Gypsy, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,734th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1891.
Half of all the girls named Gypsy in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gypsy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,734 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,727 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,881 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,629 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 24 | #2,874 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,200 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,236 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,510 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,415 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,202 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,125 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,101 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,771 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,689 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Gypsy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gypsy, updated 20 October 2026.