Fun Facts About the Name Worth
- More than 2 thousand babies named Worth: U.S. records list 2,204 babies given the name Worth from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Worth Mean?
Worth is an English surname-derived given name. Its usual meaning is "enclosure" or "homestead," from the Old English place-name element worð (also written worþ). The surname is chiefly habitational: it comes from one or more English places called Worth, whose names contain that element. The modern English word worth, "value," goes back to a different Old English word, weorð, "worthy, valued," and is not the usual source of the place name. Some surname dictionaries also allow a separate nickname origin from weorð, for a "worthy" person, but that explanation is secondary, and the two strands are not always separable in every family.
Worth Name History & Origins
Worth appears as a place name in several English counties, including Kent and Sussex, and the surname arose from people who lived at or came from those places. The place-name element is Old English, and the surname became established in medieval England. As a first name, Worth is a transferred use of the surname rather than an inherited Old English personal name. It belongs to the English-language practice of turning surnames into given names.
How Popular is the Name Worth?
Worth recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1918. Its best rank was #609 in 1898.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,784 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #4,406 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2023 | #5,238 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #8,254 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #5,325 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #13,948 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #9,693 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #7,590 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #8,108 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #6,703 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #8,711 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #9,588 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #8,120 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #8,046 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #7,666 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #8,609 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #10,508 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #10,309 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #8,979 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #7,745 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #6,406 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #4,124 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1985 | #5,136 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #6,293 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #7,314 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #5,614 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #5,460 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #7,276 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #5,049 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #6,841 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #4,003 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1975 | #4,794 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #5,993 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #5,090 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1972 | #5,739 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #3,958 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1970 | #3,831 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #5,029 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1968 | #3,104 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1967 | #2,028 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1966 | #3,938 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #2,847 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1963 | #2,669 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1962 | #2,363 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1961 | #2,408 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1960 | #2,036 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1959 | #3,034 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1958 | #2,814 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1957 | #2,090 | 16 | 0.0007% |
| 1956 | #2,626 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1955 | #1,790 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1954 | #2,043 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1953 | #1,676 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1952 | #1,937 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1951 | #1,552 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1950 | #1,700 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1949 | #1,500 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1948 | #1,702 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1947 | #1,695 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1946 | #1,439 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 1945 | #1,631 | 18 | 0.0013% |
| 1944 | #1,327 | 26 | 0.0019% |
| 1943 | #1,367 | 27 | 0.0019% |
| 1942 | #1,466 | 24 | 0.0017% |
| 1941 | #1,758 | 17 | 0.0014% |
| 1940 | #2,077 | 13 | 0.0011% |
| 1939 | #1,424 | 23 | 0.0021% |
| 1938 | #1,816 | 16 | 0.0014% |
| 1937 | #1,015 | 40 | 0.0038% |
| 1936 | #1,295 | 27 | 0.0026% |
| 1935 | #1,164 | 33 | 0.0032% |
| 1934 | #1,213 | 31 | 0.0030% |
| 1933 | #1,123 | 35 | 0.0035% |
| 1932 | #1,425 | 25 | 0.0024% |
| 1931 | #1,063 | 41 | 0.0039% |
| 1930 | #1,281 | 32 | 0.0029% |
| 1929 | #1,136 | 38 | 0.0035% |
| 1928 | #1,253 | 34 | 0.0031% |
| 1927 | #1,059 | 45 | 0.0040% |
| 1926 | #1,009 | 48 | 0.0043% |
| 1925 | #944 | 52 | 0.0047% |
| 1924 | #935 | 57 | 0.0050% |
| 1923 | #1,025 | 48 | 0.0044% |
| 1922 | #948 | 55 | 0.0051% |
| 1921 | #972 | 53 | 0.0048% |
| 1920 | #902 | 59 | 0.0055% |
| 1919 | #818 | 65 | 0.0066% |
| 1918 | #804 | 67 | 0.0066% |
| 1917 | #945 | 47 | 0.0051% |
| 1916 | #823 | 58 | 0.0065% |
| 1915 | #855 | 53 | 0.0062% |
| 1914 | #1,017 | 31 | 0.0047% |
| 1913 | #804 | 36 | 0.0070% |
| 1912 | #734 | 35 | 0.0081% |
| 1911 | #981 | 13 | 0.0058% |
| 1910 | #1,116 | 10 | 0.0051% |
| 1909 | #1,154 | 8 | 0.0049% |
| 1908 | #1,368 | 6 | 0.0039% |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 8 | 0.0054% |
| 1906 | #1,248 | 6 | 0.0045% |
| 1905 | #999 | 8 | 0.0060% |
| 1904 | #1,062 | 7 | 0.0055% |
| 1903 | #732 | 11 | 0.0092% |
| 1900 | #742 | 13 | 0.0086% |
| 1899 | #713 | 10 | 0.0094% |
| 1898 | #609 | 14 | 0.0114% |
| 1897 | #1,228 | 5 | 0.0044% |
| 1896 | #981 | 7 | 0.0059% |
| 1895 | #870 | 8 | 0.0068% |
| 1894 | #1,235 | 5 | 0.0043% |
| 1893 | #905 | 7 | 0.0062% |
| 1892 | #1,065 | 6 | 0.0049% |
| 1891 | #959 | 6 | 0.0059% |
| 1890 | #811 | 8 | 0.0072% |
| 1888 | #647 | 11 | 0.0091% |
| 1886 | #1,107 | 5 | 0.0045% |
| 1884 | #847 | 7 | 0.0061% |
| 1882 | #836 | 7 | 0.0062% |
| 1881 | #779 | 7 | 0.0069% |
| 1880 | #744 | 8 | 0.0072% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Worth Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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