Infant: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “baby, child”
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- IN-fənt · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Both (48% girls, 52% boys since 1880)
From Latin infans through English infant. It is a vocabulary word rather than a traditional given name.
How popular is Infant?
Babies named Infant in 20247
Peak year1990
Total US babies since 18808,096
Infant is rising: use over the last five years is 3.8× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Infant
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Infant questions
What does the name Infant mean?
Infant means "baby, child". It comes from Latin. From Latin infans through English infant. It is a vocabulary word rather than a traditional given name.
Is Infant a boy or girl name?
Infant is used for both: about 48% of US babies named Infant since 1880 were girls.
How popular is Infant?
7 US babies were named Infant in 2024. Its peak year was 1990.
How do you pronounce Infant?
Infant is usually pronounced IN-fənt.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.