Sparrow
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- SPAR-oh
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Unisex
Sparrow is a name of English origin, meaning “sparrow, a small songbird”. In 2025 it ranked 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Sparrow mean?
English: English word, from Old English spearwa
“sparrow, a small songbird”
In Matthew's Gospel, Jesus says not one sparrow falls to the ground without God knowing.
Is Sparrow a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sparrow has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls and 14 boys in the US.
How popular is Sparrow in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Sparrow, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,931st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 88 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977. 14 boys were also named Sparrow in 2025 (6,140th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Sparrow than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Sparrow in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 71% of the babies named Sparrow in the US were girls.
Sparrow in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,823 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,792 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,533 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,931 |
| 2019 | 68 | #2,561 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,532 |
| 2017 | 88 | #2,160 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,617 |
| 2015 | 55 | #3,059 |
| 2014 | 65 | #2,681 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,625 |
| 2012 | 50 | #3,266 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Sparrow
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, “Sparrow: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sparrow, updated 20 October 2026.