Is Envy a boy or girl name?

Envy is a girl’s name. Of the 718 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.3% were girls and 0.7% were boys.

Envy

Recorded 1999–2025 · United States

Envy was most popular in 2012, when 42 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,366 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,844, with 25 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 718 people named Envy.

Envy over time

Births per year. The dot marks Envy’s peak in 2012. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Envy a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Envy is a girl’s name — 99.3% of the 718 Americans given it were girls and 0.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Envy

Where Envy is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 6.7×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org