Symphony
Girl · SIM-fuh-nee · English
Symphony is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “harmony of sounds”. In 2025 it ranked 1,525th for girls in the US (139 babies).
What does Symphony mean?
English: English word, from Greek symphonia
“harmony of sounds”
From Greek syn, 'together', and phone, 'sound'.
- Say it
- SIM-fuh-nee
Is Symphony a girl's or a boy's name?
Symphony is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 139 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Symphony in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 girls.
Symphony in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 2 | #7,411 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
How popular is Symphony in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,525among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 139about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 139 girls in the US were named Symphony, making it the 1,525th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,303rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 172 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979. 6 boys were also named Symphony in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Symphony than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Symphony in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 186 girls in the US were given Symphony or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,102, up from #1,525 for this spelling alone.
Symphony in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 139 | #1,525 |
| 2024 | 148 | #1,472 |
| 2023 | 159 | #1,407 |
| 2022 | 172 | #1,355 |
| 2021 | 151 | #1,426 |
| 2020 | 169 | #1,303 |
| 2019 | 146 | #1,495 |
| 2018 | 137 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 131 | #1,643 |
| 2016 | 137 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 144 | #1,540 |
| 2014 | 136 | #1,583 |
| 2013 | 137 | #1,570 |
| 2012 | 119 | #1,733 |
| 2011 | 130 | #1,646 |
| 2010 | 87 | #2,220 |
| 2009 | 95 | #2,119 |
| 2008 | 78 | #2,441 |
| 2007 | 74 | #2,509 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,778 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,965 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,804 |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,408 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 67 | #2,356 |
| 2000 | 42 | #3,212 |
| 1999 | 42 | #3,096 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,362 |
| 1996 | 49 | #2,554 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
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