How Many People Are Named Secret?
An estimated 723 people in the United States have the first name Secret. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Secret peaked in popularity in 2006 with 35 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Secret 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 Secret paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
723
About 1 in 474,072 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
2006
35 births
Total Registered
743
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Secret
Secret is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 743 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Secret as a female name
Ranked #13,199 in 2024
7 female births in 2024
Peak: 2006 (35 births)
Secret: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Secret span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 216 babies were registered. While Secret is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Secret by Decade
How has Secret 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.
Secret by State
Secret + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Secret as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Secret
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Secret: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Secret?
We estimate approximately 723 people named Secret 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 474,072 Americans share this first name.
Is Secret a common name?
Secret is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 87.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 743 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Secret most popular?
Secret reached peak popularity in 2006, when 35 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Secret is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Secret a female name?
Secret is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Secret Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Secret Smith, Secret Johnson, Secret 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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