At a glance
- U.S. rank 2025 (girls)
- #10,917 (outside the top 1,000)
- Babies in 2025 (girls)
- 8 (<0.01% of girls)
- As a boy name
- Last recorded 2024 (#10,938)Peak #10,605 in 2020
- Trend (girls)
- Rising #12,142 in 2020 to #10,917 in 2025
- Peak (girls)
- #6,900 in 1974
- First recorded
- 1974 (as a girl name; 2020 as a boy name)
Meaning of Earth
The name Earth unfolds like a warm benediction on any child, its syllables carrying the weight and wonder of soil and sky in equal measure. Born of Old English ertha and whispered through the ancient halls of Proto-Germanic and Latin as Terra, this unisex appellation conjures the rolling olive groves of Tuscany, the verdant vineyards that cradle sunrise in their palms, and the soft, fertile hush where seeds first remember the sun. It speaks of grounding—an invocation to stand with feet rooted in clay—and of boundless generosity, as generous as Madre Terra herself, offering us all her seasons in a single breath. Complex yet familiar, Earth invites a life lived in harmony with the turn of the cosmos, a gentle reminder that even the smallest heartbeat can hold a universe. And, with just a hint of playful pride, it assures its bearer that no crown is needed when one already carries the world.
How to pronounce Earth
English
- Pronounced urth /ɜrθ/
Popularity of Earth in the U.S.
Earth was the #10,917 girl name in the U.S. in 2025, with 8 babies. It peaked at #6,900 in 1974. It first appears in the records in 1974. As a boy name it was last recorded in 2024, at #10,938.
- Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Girls year by year, 1974–2025 7 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 10,917 | back (not recorded in 2024) |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,197 | ▲ 3,109 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,306 | back (not recorded in 2021) |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,142 | back (not recorded in 2017–2019) |
| 2016 | 6 | 14,331 | back (not recorded in 1979–2015) |
| 1978 | 6 | 8,562 | back (not recorded in 1975–1977) |
| 1974 | 7 | 6,900 | new |