Sparkle
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SPAR-kul
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Sparkle is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “to glitter, shine brightly”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Sparkle mean?
English: English word
“to glitter, shine brightly”
Is Sparkle a girl's or a boy's name?
Sparkle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sparkle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Sparkle, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 124 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
Half of all the girls named Sparkle in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sparkle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 36 | #3,153 |
| 1992 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,654 |
| 1990 | 47 | #2,518 |
| 1989 | 53 | #2,245 |
| 1988 | 52 | #2,182 |
| 1987 | 66 | #1,775 |
| 1986 | 66 | #1,750 |
| 1985 | 58 | #1,905 |
| 1984 | 59 | #1,812 |
| 1983 | 83 | #1,411 |
| 1982 | 80 | #1,489 |
| 1981 | 84 | #1,445 |
| 1980 | 110 | #1,197 |
| 1979 | 124 | #1,097 |
| 1978 | 72 | #1,537 |
| 1977 | 89 | #1,303 |
| 1976 | 44 | #1,996 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
Names like Sparkle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sage, Jasmine, Jade, Brooke, Essence, Ashley, Nicole, Amber, Sable, Savannah, Taylor, Stevie
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Sparkle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sparkle, updated 20 October 2026.