How Many People Are Named Sparrow?
people named Sparrow are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 288,426 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,193 babies named Sparrow in Social Security records from 1977 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
99 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the bird, ultimately from Old English spearwa.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sparrow, 84.2% were girls and 15.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2010s: 86.7% of the babies were girls then and 77.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sparrow alive today is about 8 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sparrow first appears in the records in 1977 and was given most often in 2017, to 99 babies. In 2025, 49 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1977 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sparrow has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,180, in 2017. In 2025 it ranked #4,156. Among boys, its best rank was #5,028, in 2024.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,156 | #6,399 |
| Best rank | #2,180 (2017) | #5,028 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,872 in the 2010s | #5,640 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sparrow alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sparrow were born in California than in any other state: about 112 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sparrow was given about 3.3 times as often in California.
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