girl's name

Tuesday

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 2,653

Scotland

#627

1992 births

Tuesday is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1966, when 74 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 195,046 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1945.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Tuesday over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

593
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Tuesday by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 5
1950s 13
1960s 543
1970s 593
1980s 456
1990s 387
2000s 267
2010s 221
2020s (to 2025) 86

How popular is Tuesday?

In 2025, Tuesday was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Tuesday is used

Scotland #627 4 in 1992
United States #6,786 17 in 2025
England & Wales #7,283 3 in 2017

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Tuesday

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Tuesday also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Tuesday over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Tuesday

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Tuesday — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Tuesday

How popular is the name Tuesday?

In 2025, Tuesday was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Tuesday a girl's or a boy's name?

Tuesday is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Tuesday?

Tuesday has 2 syllables.

When was Tuesday most popular?

Tuesday peaked in 1966, when 74 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Tuesday a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Tuesday currently ranks #6,786 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.