Given name & surname
Night
“born in the evening: child of the darkness”·“born during the evening”
Night is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “born in the evening: child of the darkness” (American) and “born during the evening” (American). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “born in the evening: child of the darkness” (American) and “born during the evening” (American). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Night through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 18 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,334 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,334 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 526 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Night’s family of names
Night has a related form in Nite. Night has a related form in Nyght. Night has a related form in Nyt.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Night
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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