Secret
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Secret is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “something kept hidden”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Secret mean?
English: English word, from Latin secretus
“something kept hidden”
From the English word, which comes via French from Latin secretus 'set apart'.
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Is Secret a girl's or a boy's name?
Secret is a girls' name.
How popular is Secret in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Secret in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Secret in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
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