Majesty
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- MAJ-uh-stee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,758 for girls
Unisex
Majesty is a name of English origin, meaning “greatness, royal dignity”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,758th for girls in the US (115 babies).
What does Majesty mean?
English: English word name, via French from Latin maiestas
“greatness, royal dignity”
An English word for royal dignity and grandeur, from Latin maiestas, greatness.
Is Majesty a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Majesty has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls and 4 boys in the UK and 115 girls and 37 boys in the US.
How popular is Majesty in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 400% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Majesty, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 boys. 4 girls were also named Majesty in 2025 (4,935th for girls).
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Majesty in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
How popular is Majesty in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,758among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 115about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 115 girls in the US were named Majesty, making it the 1,758th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,133rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 255 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993. 37 boys were also named Majesty in 2025 (3,180th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Majesty than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Majesty in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 126 girls in the US were given Majesty or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,439, up from #1,758 for this spelling alone.
- Majesty 115
- Majesti 11
In 2025, 76% of the babies named Majesty in the US were girls.
Majesty in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 115 | #1,758 |
| 2024 | 145 | #1,497 |
| 2023 | 157 | #1,421 |
| 2022 | 230 | #1,086 |
| 2021 | 255 | #1,002 |
| 2020 | 210 | #1,133 |
| 2019 | 252 | #1,020 |
| 2018 | 215 | #1,135 |
| 2017 | 186 | #1,268 |
| 2016 | 138 | #1,598 |
| 2015 | 92 | #2,103 |
| 2014 | 88 | #2,154 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
Names like Majesty
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marley Oakley Rafferty Matteo Hudson Remy Archer Albie Jaxon Maverick Luca Milo
Other spellings of Majesty
More English names
Lily Evelyn Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter
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, “Majesty: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/majesty, updated 20 October 2026.