Girl

org · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Girl is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 3.3M(measured from records)
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 32K
  • UGUganda≈1 in 170K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,300 people, est.

Sources
127 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 32K (inferred from the name graph)

Pakistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Gïrl in DZ Algeria, PK Pakistan.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Girl, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Girl counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Girl is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan≈7,300 est.≈1 in 32K—Gïrl13
UG Uganda≈250 est.≈1 in 170K—Girl3
US United States1011 in 3.3M17KGirl127
DZ Algeria≈63 est.≈1 in 684K—Gïrl4
GH Ghana≈62 est.≈1 in 475K—Girl5
CA Canada≈60 est.≈1 in 631K2Girl32
NZ New Zealand≈11 est.≈1 in 430K—Girl13

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Girl is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname29 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Mexico, Algeria

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Gîřl, Ğirl, Ğîrl, Gïrl, Ğïrl

  • a separate surname39 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Algeria

    Also written Gîřl, Gïrl, Ğirľ, Ğiŕľ, Gįrl

  • Indonesian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia

    Also written Girl', Gîrl, Gïrl, Ğiřl, Ğïřl

  • French surname65 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Canada, France, Algeria, Cameroon

    Also written Gïrl, Ğîrl, Gîrl, Gîřl, Ğïřl

  • a separate name10 spellings in the group

    Also written Gîrl, Ĝiṙl, Ğîřl, Ğïřl, Ğįrl

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Girl
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202017K#1,760
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202099#1,760
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202135—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199934—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202231—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201827—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199225—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202324—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202024—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201924—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200724—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199324—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Girl have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.3 thousand people named Girl in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gïrl.
How common is the name Girl?
In the United States, the national register counted 101 people named Girl in 2010, about 1 in 3.3 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Girl”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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