Given name & surname
Sparrow
“resembling a small songbird”
Sparrow is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “resembling a small songbird.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “resembling a small songbird.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sparrow through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,193
- 188 boys · 1,005 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 99 babies
- 2025
- 49
- #4,157 for girls · #6,403 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 18% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 35 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,157 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 88 in 2017. It also appeared in 14 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 819 as a first name in 2020; 7,559 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.
Sparrow’s family of names
Sparrow has a related form in Sparo. Sparrow has a related form in Sparoe. Sparrow has a related form in Sparow.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Appears in
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