# Smith (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/smith/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “a surname”, “smith” |
| Pronunciation | /smɪθ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Smithe, Smyth, Smythe |
| US babies named this | 5,664 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,475 / 189 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 41, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From smith or Middle English Smith (“a surname”), alternative form of Smyth, itself from smyth (“smith”). Doublet of Schmidt, Smid, and Smit.

## What it means

Smith is grouped under smith.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 16,509 |
| 2012 | 9 | 12,094 |
| 2013 | 8 | 13,009 |
| 2014 | 6 | 16,254 |
| 2015 | 11 | 10,064 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,352 |
| 2017 | 14 | 8,244 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,375 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,384 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13,303 |
| 2021 | 6 | 15,019 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,471 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,944 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12,016 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,798 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 76 | 1,861 |
| 2012 | 89 | 1,708 |
| 2013 | 122 | 1,385 |
| 2014 | 139 | 1,283 |
| 2015 | 156 | 1,187 |
| 2016 | 162 | 1,178 |
| 2017 | 154 | 1,205 |
| 2018 | 134 | 1,346 |
| 2019 | 149 | 1,263 |
| 2020 | 123 | 1,412 |
| 2021 | 142 | 1,319 |
| 2022 | 112 | 1,587 |
| 2023 | 113 | 1,555 |
| 2024 | 109 | 1,587 |
| 2025 | 120 | 1,483 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: سْمِيث, حَدَّاد
- Armenian: Սմիթ, Դարբինյան
- Bulgarian: Смит, Кова́чев
- Chinese: 史密斯
- Georgian: სმიტ, მჭედლიშვილი, ჭკადუა
- Greek: Σμιθ, Σιδεράς, Σιδέρης
- Hebrew: סמית, סמית׳
- Hindi: स्मिथ, लोहार, सोनी
- Japanese: スミス, 鍛冶, 鍛治, 加治
- Korean: 스미스
- Latvian: Smits, Smita, Kalējs, Kalēja
- Russian: Смит, Кузнецо́в, Ковалёв
- Ukrainian: Сміт, Коваль
- Vietnamese: Xmít
- Catalan: Ferrer
- Czech: Kovář
- Danish: Smed
- Dutch: Smit, Smid
- Estonian: Sepp
- Finnish: Seppänen, Seppälä, Seppä, Seppäläinen

## People named Smith

- Benjamin Smith Barton, American physician, professor, and botanist (1766-1815)
- Smith Wigglesworth, British evangelist (1859-1947)
- Carlyle Smith Beals, Canadian astronomer (1899-1979)
- Smith Cho, American actress
- William Smith Clark, American chemist, soldier, botanist and university teacher (1826 – 1886)
- Stanley Smith Stevens, American psychologist & scholar (1906-1973)
- Smith Ballew, American actor, singer and orchestra leader (1902-1984)
- Justin Smith Morrill, American politician (1810–1898)
- Smith Streeter, American roque player (1851–1930)
- Lucky Blue Smith, American model
- Albert Smith White, American politician (1803-1864)
- Thomas Smith Webb, American writer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.