Navy

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A few things about Navy you might not know, from US birth records. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 1,719 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Navy, 935 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Navy would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryNavy first shows up in US birth records in 1985, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 40 years since.
• 🏆Best yearNavy is at its all-time high right now: #327 in 2025.
• 📈Then vs nowNavy is 116× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 200,000 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 1,719.
• 🚀TrendNavy has climbed 332 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #327. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedNavy is most popular in Utah, where it ranks #41, followed by North Dakota (#117) and Iowa (#122). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• ⚖️Boy or girlNavy is given to both boys and girls: 89% of the 1,045 babies named Navy in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningIn English, Navy means “navy blue”.

About the name Navy

Navy is a gender-neutral name meaning “navy blue”. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with N and ending in “-avy”. US birth records list Navy for girls from 1985 to 2025, in 34 of those 41 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #327 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #327, with 935 babies. Of the 1,045 US babies named Navy in 2025, 89% were girls and 11% were boys.