Spirit
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SPEER-it
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Spirit is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “spirit, soul”. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Spirit mean?
English: English word, from Latin spiritus 'breath'
“spirit, soul”
Is Spirit a girl's or a boy's name?
Spirit is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Spirit in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,098th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Spirit, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer girls named Spirit than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Spirit in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Spirit in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,881 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,049 |
| 2006 | 39 | #3,853 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,894 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,734 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 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 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
Names like Spirit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi, Prisha, Sanvi, Anvi, Navi, Avani, Arya, River, Navy, Dhriti, Navya, Aashvi
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, “Spirit: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/spirit, updated 20 October 2026.