Strawberry
The garden strawberry is a widely grown hybrid plant cultivated worldwide for its fruit. The genus Fragaria, the strawberries, is in the rose family, Rosaceae. The fruit is appreciated for its aroma, bright red colour, juicy texture, and sweetness. It is eaten either fresh or in prepared foods such as jam, ice cream, and chocolates.
Meaning & Origin of Strawberry
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The garden strawberry is a widely grown hybrid plant cultivated worldwide for its fruit. The genus Fragaria, the strawberries, is in the rose family, Rosaceae. The fruit is appreciated for its aroma, bright red colour, juicy texture, and sweetness. It is eaten either fresh or in prepared foods such as jam, ice cream, and chocolates.
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The Story of Strawberry
Strawberry first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2005, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2022: 6 births, good for #13,584 nationwide. About 63% of every Strawberry on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Strawberry last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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Names that sound like Strawberry
Phonetically similar names — useful when Strawberry is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Strawberries
- Stanberry
- Sprayberry
- Stanbury
- Atterberry
- Atterbury
- Saberi
- Seabury
- Strawbridge
- Streber
- Cerebri
- Seaberry
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About the name Strawberry
Strawberry is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2005 and has accumulated 16 births in the dataset. Strawberry's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #13,584. Use the chart and map above to compare Strawberry's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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