Navy

What Navy means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Navy yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1985, with 8 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Navy?

US: Rising: up from #1793 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 935 girls got the name (#327 that year). First in the US records in 1985.

How common

• About 1 in 1,719 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,814 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,988 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in UT (4.33 per 1,000 girls), ND (2.96 per 1,000 girls), MT (2.48 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Navy is #327 in the US and #444 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 89.5% of US babies named Navy were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Nova4,657 US · 650 E&W
• Navi179 US · 6 E&W
• Nava83 US · 9 E&W
• Novi69 US · 17 E&W
• Niva38 US · 15 E&W
• Neva47 US · 6 E&W
• Nayvi52 US
• Neave0 US · 38 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Navea
• Naveah
• Navee
• Naveigh
• Navey
• Navi
• Navie

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Navy

Girls

• Lennon#214“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”^*
• Maisie#233Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*
• Sutton#181“south + town”^*
• Julieta#285Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #805 in 2015, #285 in 2025
• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Iris#61“rainbow”^*

For a brother

• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Hayes#162“brushwood”^*
• Bowen#266“son of Owen”^*
• Callan#190“descendant of Cathalán”^*
• Miles#44Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #107 in 2015, #44 in 2025
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Navy’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.