Poetry
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- POH-eh-tree
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Poetry is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “poetry”. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Poetry mean?
English: English word, from Greek poiesis 'making'
“poetry”
Is Poetry a girl's or a boy's name?
Poetry is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Poetry in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 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, 18 girls in the US were named Poetry, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Poetry in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Poetry in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Poetry
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Poetry: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/poetry, updated 20 October 2026.