How Many People Are Named Spirit?
people named Spirit are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 395,127 people in the US has this name
Based on 873 babies named Spirit in Social Security records from 1975 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
57 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word spirit, ultimately from Latin spiritus "breath", a derivative of spirare "to blow".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Spirit, 98.2% were girls and 1.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 100% of the babies were girls then and 96.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Spirit alive today is about 14 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Spirit first appears in the records in 1975 and was given most often in 2003, to 57 babies. In 2025, 25 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Spirit has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,763, in 2003. In 2025 it ranked #5,214.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,214 |
| Best rank | #2,763 (2003) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,184 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Spirit alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Spirit were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 11 of those alive today.
Look up another name
⊙ We don't save the names you search.