Mystery
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MIS-tur-ee
- Origin
- English
Mystery is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “something secret or hard to explain”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mystery mean?
English: English word, from Latin mysterium and Greek mysterion
“something secret or hard to explain”
From the English word mystery, ultimately from Greek mysterion, a secret rite or hidden thing.
Is Mystery a girl's or a boy's name?
Mystery is a girls' name.
How popular is Mystery in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Mystery in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mystery in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
Names like Mystery
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Madison, Lily, Destiny, Ivy, Marley, Addison, Emely, Emily, Trinity, Avery, Harmony, Daisy
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison
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, “Mystery: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mystery, updated 20 October 2026.