How Many People Are Named Poetry?
An estimated 199 people in the United States have the first name Poetry. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 11 years old, and Poetry peaked in popularity in 2021 with 18 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Poetry as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Poetry paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
199
About 1 in 1,722,384 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
11
years old
Peak Year
2021
18 births
Total Registered
201
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Poetry
Poetry is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 201 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Poetry as a female name
Ranked #8,283 in 2024
13 female births in 2024
Peak: 2021 (18 births)
Poetry: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Poetry span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 91 babies were registered. While Poetry is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Poetry by Decade
How has Poetry tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Poetry + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Poetry as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Poetry
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Poetry: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Poetry?
We estimate approximately 199 people named Poetry are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,722,384 Americans share this first name.
Is Poetry a common name?
Poetry is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 201 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Poetry most popular?
Poetry reached peak popularity in 2021, when 18 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Poetry is approximately 11 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Poetry a female name?
Poetry is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Poetry Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Poetry Smith, Poetry Johnson, Poetry Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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