Special
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Special is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “distinctive, out of the ordinary”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Special mean?
English: English word
“distinctive, out of the ordinary”
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Is Special a girl's or a boy's name?
Special is a girls' name.
How popular is Special in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Special in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Special in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
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