North
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- NORTH
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
North is a name of English origin, meaning “north”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does North mean?
English: English word and surname
“north”
From the compass direction, Old English north; also an English surname for someone from the north.
Is North a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, North has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is North in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named North, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2015. 5 boys were also named North in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named North in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
North in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
Names like North
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nora Grace Nellie Daisy Mae Evie Olive Hallie Navy Millie Birdie Hazel
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Violet Willow Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Carter Harrison River
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, “North: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/north, updated 20 October 2026.