Worth
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WURTH
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Worth is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “value, merit”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Worth mean?
English: English word; also a surname from Old English worth 'enclosure'
“value, merit”
Also an English surname from Old English worth, an enclosed homestead, found in place names like Tamworth.
Is Worth a girl's or a boy's name?
Worth is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Worth in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 133% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Worth, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 67 boys.
Half of all the boys named Worth in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1951, the years shaded on the chart below.
Worth in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1960 | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,018 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,724 |
| 1954 | 16 | #1,955 |
| 1953 | 22 | #1,629 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1950 | 20 | #1,656 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,461 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,655 |
| 1947 | 21 | #1,645 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,408 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,580 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,310 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,342 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,421 |
| 1941 | 17 | #1,685 |
| 1940 | 13 | #1,983 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,390 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,741 |
| 1937 | 40 | #1,000 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,271 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,148 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 1933 | 35 | #1,103 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,387 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,050 |
| 1930 | 32 | #1,259 |
| 1929 | 38 | #1,129 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,228 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,041 |
| 1926 | 48 | #992 |
| 1925 | 52 | #933 |
| 1924 | 57 | #925 |
| 1923 | 48 | #1,008 |
| 1922 | 55 | #941 |
| 1921 | 53 | #962 |
| 1920 | 59 | #896 |
| 1919 | 65 | #811 |
| 1918 | 67 | #796 |
| 1917 | 47 | #934 |
| 1916 | 58 | #810 |
| 1915 | 53 | #846 |
| 1914 | 31 | #1,003 |
| 1913 | 36 | #789 |
| 1912 | 35 | #725 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,083 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 11 | #696 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 13 | #698 |
| 1899 | 10 | #661 |
| 1898 | 14 | #572 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 8 | #794 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 7 | #836 |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 11 | #609 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 8 | #682 |
Names like Worth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Warren, Walter, William, Wilson, George, Mack, Charles, John, Arthur, Sam, Lee, James
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, “Worth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/worth, updated 20 October 2026.