How Many People Are Named Gypsy?

1,170

people named Gypsy are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 292,123 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,501 babies named Gypsy in Social Security records from 1891 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#9,578

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#5,372

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Peak Year

2020

39 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Rare)
Pronunciation: JIP-see
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Simply from the English word Gypsy for the nomadic people who originated in northern India. The word was originally a corruption of Egyptian. It is sometimes considered pejorative.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Gypsy in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Gypsy alive today is about 34 years old, and 47% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 50 in 2025.

Under 30 555
47.4%
30 to 59 446
38.1%
60 and over 170
14.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Gypsy first appears in the records in 1891 and was given most often in 2020, to 39 babies. In 2025, 11 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1891 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Gypsy has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,260, in 1891. In 2025 it ranked #9,070.

Girls
Rank in 2025#9,070
Best rank#1,260 (1891)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#3,288 in the 1970s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Gypsy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Gypsy were born in California than in any other state: about 48 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gypsy was given about 5.7 times as often in California.

California 48
Texas 20
Kentucky 1

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